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Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it?
V=C
ICBXB SAVB OMN M ETSGN ZSGAP EXTBNI,
OCS WTFBJ MWKSNI OCSWWZ SA ZBMNI;
"DSX," CB NMTJ, "TI TN EWMTA
OB KGNI MWW XTNB MPMTA,
MAJ T OMAI IS PBI NIMXIBJ MI WBMNI."
V=C
ICBXB SAVB OMN M ETSGN ZSGAP EXTBNI,
OCS WTFBJ MWKSNI OCSWWZ SA ZBMNI;
"DSX," CB NMTJ, "TI TN EWMTA
OB KGNI MWW XTNB MPMTA,
MAJ T OMAI IS PBI NIMXIBJ MI WBMNI."
Hint
E=PJ=D
O=W
Answer
There once was a pious young priest,Who lived almost wholly on yeast;
"For," he said, "it is plain
We must all rise again,
And I want to get started at least."
Key:
A=N
B=E
C=H
D=F
E=P
F=V
G=U
I=T
J=D
K=M
M=A
N=S
O=W
P=G
S=O
T=I
V=C
W=L
X=R
Z=Y
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