Fife and Drum: "The Wearin' O the Green" #2 Traditional Cache
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Fife and Drum: "The Wearin' O the Green" #2
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Please read the entire description or you will not find the log!!!!! You are looking for a bison tube contained in a larger host. Please bring own pen. Due to sea air you may need a tool for assistance.
PLEASE READ or you will NOT find the log!!! Fife and drum: "Wearin' O the Green" #2
Fife and drum is part of a series of caches called "Wearin' O the Green"(GC46B7A). There is information inside the cache container that has the answer to a question on the bonus cache listing. You will need that info to get a piece of the coordinates for the final bonus cache of this series. Be sure you look for it when you find this cache.
Music is often associated with St. Patrick's Day—and Irish culture in general. Music has always been an important part of Irish life. The Celts had an oral culture, where religion, legend and history were passed from one generation to the next by way of stories and songs. After being conquered by the English, and forbidden to speak their own language, the Irish, like other oppressed peoples, turned to music to help them remember important events and hold on to their heritage and history. As it often stirred emotion and helped to galvanize people, music was outlawed by the English. During her reign, Queen Elizabeth I even decreed that all artists and pipers were to be arrested and hanged on the spot.
A fife is a woodwind instrument in the flute family which sounds an octave above the written music. Most fifes are wood but some fife and drum corps use metal fifes. Fifes originally accompanied soldiers providing music on the march, usually songs from home. Drums have always had a military role going far back into history.
Early Irish immigrants to America participated in significant numbers in the American Revolution, leading one British major general to testify at the House of Commons that "half the rebel Continental Army were from Ireland." Irish Americans signed the foundational documents of the United States—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—and have even served as President
-sited from Wikipedia and www.history.com under symbols and traditions
You are looking for a small bison tube enclosed in a larger host. This cache is located in a very high traffic area and can easily be seen by locals living next door if you are not extremely stealthy! There is parking but for a $7.00 fee to park and grab. Free parking is within a short distance if you want to stroll. Recommend very early morning caching or just after dusk to limit on-lookers, thus the rating. Please do not remove the host from its current location. The LOG IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOST and can be obtained by GENTLY PULLING OPEN THE HOST and then TWISTING OPEN the bison tube. You will not have to remove the bison tube from the host to access the log. Look closely at the host to obtain the answer to the question associated with the bonus cache. There is space for small trade items if you are clever but BYOP just in case. Question #2 of "Wearin' O the Green".
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