kayakamina flowers

[wendyl]

you kindly helped earlier with answers giving the answer oxlip seemingly for 'wild on the mountainside'

I failed to understand this but now have an answer to all other questions with thanks to other Abers
Ageing fast has great faith in your answers and suggested I post again hoping you might explain

There is one thing that bothers me if its so difficult to answer and the rest of the quiz has been quite straightforward , without wishing to do down the lady setting the quiz, maybe there is a simpler one we have not thought of

Hope its OK with you kayakamina

[louse]

there is a mountain ox ----

on the side of mountain =
on the side of ox

wild = giving 'lip'

ox + lip = oxlip

[pandabear]

another way to explain would be: -

Read the clue as

Wild on the mountain .... side

Wild on the mountain i.e OX (wild beast that roams the mountainside)

Side is a LIP

OXLIP

[wendyl]

Thanks louse and I do not want to sound ungrateful. If this answer needs explaining to such a degree, it really doesn't fit in with the rest which were quite straightforward so I think I will hang on a bit longer to see if I or someone else can think of a simpler one. The quiz doesn't have to be in for a few days

[goldenfield]

Well that is precisely the way I read it and gave as an answer on wendyl's first posting of the question. Louse, Kayakamina, you and I have all given the same answer, albeit in different ways.

[wendyl]

sorry folks but here on the Essex coast we don't have many oxen or mountains so wasn't aware of any elsewhere!

[mac44]

Another way to look at it-
Wild=Wildflower, mountain=Ox (mountains in Ireland,Sligo area), side=lip(edgeof a cup is the lip)

[ageing fast]

mac44 has convinced me with the Ox mountains in Ireland - just wasn't sure about that mountain ox.

[kayakamina]

wendyl. Apologies but I have only just seen your post.

I am inclined to agree that the setter did not have convoluted answers in mind when setting the quiz and I am sorry my suggestion of Oxlip has caused so much discussion.
When the clue came up I immediately thought 'mountain ox ' and 'side-lip'.
Possibly I should have placed a ? after my contribution to indicate it was an offer and not a definitive answer..
Good luck K

[wendyl]

if you read this kayakamina thanks perhaps I shouldn't say so but I quite like it when a question gets lots of answers makes life a bit more interesting!

I think I'll still keep looking for an 'easier' answer although mac44 has increased my knowledge of irish geography along the way