Talk:The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

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[edit] Setting date

Dear anonymous user,

Can you cite the reason that makes you believe that the setting of this story can be dated? Kelisi 02:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

William S. Baring-Gould attached dates to all of the Holmes stories, and decided that The Musgrave Ritual took place on Thursday, October 2, 1879. This is based on its being one of Holmes's earliest adventures, and that he began his detecting in 1877. But he also suggests that the story might be set in 1887, 1888 or 1889. RickK 02:56, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Specification of time of year

"The ritual does not specify what time of the year to measure the shadow of the oak and therefore does not consider that the shadow would be shorter in the winter."

only on a few days of the year would the sun set exactly on the tip of the oak AND it's shadow lie on the tip of the elm
clearly these few days were both in the time that the butler and Holmes both searched —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisboote (talk • contribs) 16:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)