Yorick

Lorick: Riddles and Lore

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Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? Try this Lorick on for size:A tempestuous prince was misledby incestuous king, hast'ly wedthere's a ghost, and a play,and soliloquies fey...in the end, nearly everyone's dead! Hint: his father ghosted him. Answer: Hamlet! Get it? Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen! E'en subscribe! If you dare...

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Yorick

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Jan 18, 2026

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1140: #113 solved, and Lorick #114 White as snow, to the queen I'm fed 10.10.2025

description: |+ Lorick #113: White as snow, to the queen I'm fed Red as blood, 'twas a boar instead By glass, I'm betrayed seven are dismayed Blacker than ebony, we dance the queen dead But first, we solve #114 - here it is one last time: I know panthers and tigers and bears mother wolf has a babe without hair by fire I'm saved when I come of age and the hide of my foe I will bear

1131: Clue #113, I know panthers and tigers and bears 09.10.2025

Does Lorick #113 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I know panthers and tigers and bears mother wolf has a babe without hair by fire I'm saved when I come of age and the hide of my foe I will bear Hint: I live in the jungle!

1130: #112 solved, and Lorick #113 I know panthers and tigers and bears 08.10.2025

description: |+ Lorick #112: I know panthers and tigers and bears mother wolf has a babe without hair by fire I'm saved when I come of age and the hide of my foe I will bear But first, we solve #113 - here it is one last time: I'm an ogre of sorts, from the fens All was well... till that hall made by men *humph* They were loud, so I harmed them ...'til a man took my arm stem! Mommy tri...

1121: Clue #112, I'm an ogre of sorts, from the fens 07.10.2025

Does Lorick #112 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm an ogre of sorts, from the fens All was well... till that hall made by men *humph* They were loud, so I harmed them ...'til a man took my arm stem! Mommy tried, but I'm STILL not avenged!! Hint: The hero that got mom and me was killed by a dragon.

1120: Lorick #112, I'm an ogre of sorts, from the fens 06.10.2025

Lorick #112, to confound and confusticate! I'm an ogre of sorts, from the fens All was well... till that hall made by men *humph* They were loud, so I harmed them ...'til a man took my arm stem! Mommy tried, but I'm STILL not avenged!!

1115: #111 solved; Week 037 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 05.10.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #111: I have brothers for husbands, so what? I'm divine, I'm exotic, I'm hot! Do _you_ rule the world? ...then I'll be your girl! When I spring from a rug you'll be caught!

1111: Clue #111, I have brothers for husbands, so what 04.10.2025

Does Lorick #111 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I have brothers for husbands, so what? I'm divine, I'm exotic, I'm hot! Do _you_ rule the world? ...then I'll be your girl! When I spring from a rug you'll be caught! Hint: I'm known for my nose and the Romans I chose

1110: #110 solved, and Lorick #111 I have brothers for husbands, so what 03.10.2025

Lorick #110: I have brothers for husbands, so what? I'm divine, I'm exotic, I'm hot! Do _you_ rule the world? ...then I'll be your girl! When I spring from a rug you'll be caught! But first, we solve #111 - here it is one last time: I'm a scourge when the Spirit's upon me; my romances are ruin and infamy I love one who betrays me (she unmans and unbraids me!) ...I'm...

1101: Clue #110, I'm a scourge when the Spirit's upon me 02.10.2025

Does Lorick #110 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a scourge when the Spirit's upon me; my romances are ruin and infamy I love one who betrays me (she unmans and unbraids me!) ...I'm undone by toxic masculinity Hint: my death is a mass murder-suicide

1100: #109 solved, and Lorick #110 I'm a scourge when the Spirit's upon m 01.10.2025

Lorick #109: I'm a scourge when the Spirit's upon me; my romances are ruin and infamy I love one who betrays me (she unmans and unbraids me!) ...I'm undone by toxic masculinity But first, we solve #110 - here it is one last time: I know riddles and monsters and kings and my ancient road rage is a thing I'm a tyrant, complex; ...have unfortunate sex when my mom dies my eyes take the...

1091: Clue #109, I know riddles and monsters and kings 30.09.2025

Does Lorick #109 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I know riddles and monsters and kings and my ancient road rage is a thing I'm a tyrant, complex; ...have unfortunate sex when my mom dies my eyes take the sting... Hint: I don't need psychotherapy... not for that... I mean, not in that way...

1090: Lorick #109, I know riddles and monsters and kings 29.09.2025

Lorick #109, to confound and confusticate! I know riddles and monsters and kings and my ancient road rage is a thing I'm a tyrant, complex; ...have unfortunate sex when my mom dies my eyes take the sting...

1085: #108 solved; Week 036 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 28.09.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #108: London's horrors are held in my keeping in a house of the lost and the weeping where vomit and pain and jangling chains provide sport for the cruel who come peeping

1081: Clue #108, London's horrors are held in my keeping 27.09.2025

Does Lorick #108 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! London's horrors are held in my keeping in a house of the lost and the weeping where vomit and pain and jangling chains provide sport for the cruel who come peeping Hint: I'm a mad eponym

1080: #107 solved, and Lorick #108 London's horrors are held in my keeping 26.09.2025

Lorick #107: London's horrors are held in my keeping in a house of the lost and the weeping where vomit and pain and jangling chains provide sport for the cruel who come peeping But first, we solve #108 - here it is one last time: An apocalypse rivalled by none. If you're blackened or bleeding -- you're done. It slew one in eight; dirty death concentrate. It's a scourge neither hea...

1071: Clue #107, An apocalypse rivalled by none 25.09.2025

Does Lorick #107 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! An apocalypse rivalled by none. If you're blackened or bleeding -- you're done. It slew one in eight; dirty death concentrate. It's a scourge neither heard nor outrun. Hint: Rats!

1070: #106 solved, and Lorick #107 An apocalypse rivalled by none 24.09.2025

Lorick #106: An apocalypse rivalled by none. If you're blackened or bleeding -- you're done. It slew one in eight; dirty death concentrate. It's a scourge neither heard nor outrun. But first, we solve #107 - here it is one last time: A grim prison in enlightened times and a site of rebellious crimes I was stormed, I was vandled was reduced and dismantled From my fall rose a myth most s...

1061: Clue #106, A grim prison in enlightened times 23.09.2025

Does Lorick #106 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A grim prison in enlightened times and a site of rebellious crimes. I was stormed, I was vandled was reduced and dismantled From my fall rose a myth most sublime! Hint: Look for me at the start of a great revolution

1060: Lorick #106, A grim prison in enlightened times 22.09.2025

Lorick #106, to confound and confusticate! A grim prison in enlightened times and a site of rebellious crimes. I was stormed, I was vandled was reduced and dismantled From my fall rose a myth most sublime!

1055: #105 solved; Week 035 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 21.09.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #105: I have giants and dwarves and gods; a performance that runs overlong... there's a spear and a hoard and a hero and sword end of time set to circular song

1051: Clue #105, I have giants and dwarves and gods 20.09.2025

Does Lorick #105 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I have giants and dwarves and gods; a performance that runs overlong... there's a spear and a hoard and a hero and sword end of time set to circular song Hint: what's opera, doc?

1050: #104 solved, and Lorick #105 I have giants and dwarves and gods 19.09.2025

Lorick #104: I have giants and dwarves and gods; a performance that runs overlong... there's a spear and a hoard and a hero and sword end of time set to circular song But first, we solve #105 - here it is one last time: It might be I deserve what I got. Truth to tell, I've still got quite a lot. But I'm hideous now: 'til some maid gives her vow... Until then I must reap what I'...

1041: Clue #104, It might be I deserve what I got 18.09.2025

Does Lorick #104 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! It might be I deserve what I got. Truth to tell, I've still got quite a lot. But I'm hideous now: 'til some maid gives her vow... Until then I must reap what I've wrought Hint: In picture or prose, there's always a rose.

1040: #103 solved, and Lorick #104 It might be I deserve what I got 17.09.2025

Lorick #103: It might be I deserve what I got. Truth to tell, I've still got quite a lot. But I'm hideous now: 'til some maid gives her vow... Until then I must reap what I've wrought But first, we solve #104 - here it is one last time: An infallible prophetess weaving Prognoses that none are believing of horses and cities and a girl that's too pretty All ignored - and it's...

1031: Clue #103, An infallible prophetess weaving 16.09.2025

Does Lorick #103 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! An infallible prophetess weaving Prognoses that none are believing of horses and cities and a girl that's too pretty All ignored - and it's SO aggrieving! Hint: I'm not to be confused with Chicken Little. I'm right!

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