What am I? Riddle-Game

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 24 Mar 2025, 19:32

Diana Lowery wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 13:53
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑22 Mar 2025, 10:57
DATo wrote: ↑22 Mar 2025, 08:46 A club of readers ?
Close. Being able to read was a prerequisite back in the day.

HINT: the word you are looking for comes from the word "share"
"Being able to read was a prerequisite back in the day."
Do I detect some sarcasm in your comment?

Not at all. When this group had the most power (though they still hold a significant amount of power), few people knew how to read.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 24 Mar 2025, 21:15

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 19:32
Diana Lowery wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 13:53
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑22 Mar 2025, 10:57

Close. Being able to read was a prerequisite back in the day.

HINT: the word you are looking for comes from the word "share"
"Being able to read was a prerequisite back in the day."
Do I detect some sarcasm in your comment?
Not at all. When this group had the most power (though they still hold a significant amount of power), few people knew how to read.

A College of Bishops ? (or Cardinals?)

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 25 Mar 2025, 01:00

DATo wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 21:15
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 19:32
Diana Lowery wrote: ↑24 Mar 2025, 13:53

"Being able to read was a prerequisite back in the day."
Do I detect some sarcasm in your comment?
Not at all. When this group had the most power (though they still hold a significant amount of power), few people knew how to read.
A College of Bishops ? (or Cardinals?)

You are so close. But even people who are not Bishops or Cardinals in this same line of thinking are part of the... [riddle answer].
(By the way, the riddle is inspired by your short story)

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 26 Mar 2025, 10:36

Another hint to unstick you guys: some of us marry, some don't. Some live in special places, some don't.
@DATo
@Diana Lowery
@Blueberry Dragon

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 27 Mar 2025, 09:56

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑26 Mar 2025, 10:36 Another hint to unstick you guys: some of us marry, some don't. Some live in special places, some don't.
@DATo
@Diana Lowery
@Blueberry Dragon

Clergy?

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 27 Mar 2025, 10:00

DATo wrote: ↑27 Mar 2025, 09:56
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑26 Mar 2025, 10:36 Another hint to unstick you guys: some of us marry, some don't. Some live in special places, some don't.
@DATo
@Diana Lowery
@Blueberry Dragon
Clergy?

That's it. It comes from the Greek word "kleros," which means "to share." And since it involves all kinds of religious figures, they can be married or not, cloistered or not...

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 27 Mar 2025, 14:26

Many thanks Maria !!!

NEW RIDDLE:

1) I am a female character in stories for children of all ages.
2) I first appeared in a short story published in an American magazine in the 1930s.
3) My character has since appeared in novels TV series and movies.
4) The setting of these stories was originally 19th century England.
5) I am not human.

Who am I?

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 27 Mar 2025, 17:51

All I can think of is the Velveteen Rabbit but I don't think it was a female ...

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 28 Mar 2025, 07:29

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑27 Mar 2025, 17:51 All I can think of is the Velveteen Rabbit but I don't think it was a female ...

Unfortunately no. I think the answer is far more well known than The Velveteen Rabbit.

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 29 Mar 2025, 00:46

HINT: The aforementioned character was very good friends with a young boy.

Post by **Diana Lowery** » 31 Mar 2025, 17:00

I was going to say Winnie-the-Pooh, but I think that is another male character.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 31 Mar 2025, 19:55

Diana Lowery wrote: ↑31 Mar 2025, 17:00 I was going to say Winnie-the-Pooh, but I think that is another male character.

Yep. I thought about that, too.
Snoopy maybe? But I don't think it's that old.

Post by **Diana Lowery** » 31 Mar 2025, 20:05

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑31 Mar 2025, 19:55
Diana Lowery wrote: ↑31 Mar 2025, 17:00 I was going to say Winnie-the-Pooh, but I think that is another male character.
Yep. I thought about that, too.
Snoopy maybe? But I don't think it's that old.

Pretty sure Snoopy is also a boy.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 31 Mar 2025, 20:10

Can we have another hint, @DATo?

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 01 Apr 2025, 06:29

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑31 Mar 2025, 20:10 Can we have another hint, DATo?

HINT 2 : The animal and boy lived on a farm with the boy's parents in the TV version.

HINT 3 : The original versions of this animal's stories are not animations. (Don't know if they are now - probably are.)

HINT 4 : Though the clue says that the original story (movie) takes place in England it is easier to imagine Scotland. The TV series takes place in the U.S.A.