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Revenge is a dish Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/4/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates.  You must solve the puzzle to find the final location. Once you have the solution the cache is offset


Revenge is a dish best served cold.  

Meaning:  The source of phrase is unknown

Origin:  This proverbial saying certainly gets about a bit - in time and space. It sounds as though it ought to be old, from Shakespeare or the like. Vengeance was a frequent theme of Tudor drama and several authors wrote about it. Francis Bacon coined at least three 'revenge' proverbs:

Nevertheless, the phrase isn't Tudor. A quick search of the World Wide Web will yield confidently expressed views that 'revenge is a dish best served cold' is a translation of the line "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froide" from Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's epistolary novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1782. As that text doesn't appear in the novel, or any other work by de Laclos, the story appears to be a piece of impressively industrious folk etymology - not only a made up source, but made up in French [...and I understand from French corresponents that the 'froide' should be 'froid' - not a mistake that de Laclos might have made].  The first example that I can find of the phrase is in the French author Eugène Sue's novel Memoirs of Matilda, which was translated into English by D. G. Osbourne and published in 1846.  As always with translations, it is a moot point as to who can claim authorship of the proverb as an English phrase - the translator, who was the first to use the expression in English, or the original author.  Wherever it can be said to have originated, the proverb struck a chord in the English-speaking world. More recently, it has been called into use into several screen classics:  Kind Hearts and Coronets, The 1969 Godfather, and Star Trek II.

More detail about the origin of the phrase & my source can be found via the related link.

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Final Location- from the solution coordinates turn southeast and and walk about 240 feet and you will see a set of stairs and a big weird looking tree. Its hidden low on the high side of the tree.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)