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Cut Throat Celt's ~ Horrible Histories Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/20/2022
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Cut throat Celt's~ Horrible Histories

A trail created by Little Roman Z & I

ISBN 978 1407 10426 3

To find full details relating to this series see GCA299R

To solve the questions below you will need the shown book/Google/some of your own history knowledge.

*all answers are correct to the books

Use the questions to create the formula for the final cache location.

Q1. Kissing under the ______________ can be traced all the way back to the celts in some form. 

A&C= Number of letters in missing word

Q2. Cernunnos was Lord of all ______?

B= 1st digit of the letter position of the first letter of answer

Q3. The Celts had a story about a competition for the King of the Birds. Which bird flew the highest and so was crowned King of the birds?

D= (letter position of the first letter of the answer) -20

Q4. Who did the Celts battle as they spread across Europe toward Britian? (1 word)

E= Number of letters in answer

Q5. Many Christian Saints are adopted Celtic Legends. Such as Saint Gwenfrewi (Winifride). A healing spring of water sprang from dry rock after the Prince of Wales did what to her? 

F= Letter position of first letter of answer.

Final Co-ordinates ~ N51° 40.ABC W002° 42.DEF

 

*Hints are quiet detailed, due to tree cover signal is not the best*

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

(onq jnl cbvag qhr gb gerr pbire, fb qrgnvyrq uvag) ba fnzr fvqr bs gur cngu n 'Greevoyr Ghqbef', hc iretr, oruvaq zbff pbirerq jnyy. Pnhgvba pebffvat qenva qvgpu. Abg ba sybbe, ba yrqtr, qb abg qvfgheo nal ebpxf sebz jnyy.

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)