Fellowcraft - Open Lodge Short Form Examination

Front 1

Examiner:

Are you a Fellowcraft?

Back 1

Scott:

An angle of ninety degrees or the fourth part of a circle.

Front 2

Examiner:

How will you be tried?

Back 2

(The Examiner takes the Candidate by the grip of an Entered Apprentice.)

Front 3

Examiner:

Why by the square?

Back 3

Scott:

Because it is an emblem of morality and one of the working tools of a Fellowcraft.

Front 4

Examiner:

What is a square?

Back 4

Scott:

An angle of ninety degrees or the fourth part of a circle.

Front 5

Examiner:

What makes you a Fellowcraft?

Back 5

Scott:

My Obligation.

Front 6

Examiner:

How should a Fellowcraft wear his apron?

Back 6

Scott:

With the bib turned down and the left corner turned up in the form of a triangle.

Front 7

Examiner:

What are the wages of a Fellowcraft?

Back 7

Scott:

Corn, wine and oil, emblematical of the corn of nourishment, the wine of refreshment and oil of joy.

Front 8

Examiner:

What do these denote?

Back 8

Scott:

Plenty, health and peace.

Front 9

Examiner:

What are the jewels of a Fellowcraft?

Back 9

Scott:

The attentive ear, the instructive tongue, and the faithful breast.

Front 10

(The Examiner takes the Candidate by the grip of an Entered Apprentice.)

Back 10

(The Examiner takes the Candidate by the grip of an Entered Apprentice.)

Front 11

Examiner:

Will you be off or from?

Back 11

Scott:

From.

Front 12

Examiner:

From what to what?

Back 12

Scott:

From the grip of an Entered Apprentice to the pass grip of a Fellowcraft.

Front 13

Examiner:

Pass. What is this?

Back 13

Scott:

The pass grip of a Fellowcraft.

Front 14

Examiner:

Has it a name?

Back 14

Scott:

It has.

Front 15

Examiner:

Will you give it (to) me?

Back 15

Scott:

I did not so receive it neither will I so impart it.

Front 16

Examiner:

How will you dispose of it?

Back 16

Scott:

I will syllable it with you.

Front 17

Examiner:

Syllable and begin.

Back 17

Scott:

No, you begin.

Front 18

Examiner:

You must begin.

Back 18

Scott:

BO

Front 19

Examiner:

SHIB

Back 19

Scott:

LETH

Front 20

Examiner:

SHIB BO

Back 20

Scott:

SHIBOLETH

Front 21

Examiner:

Will you be off or from?

Back 21

Scott:

From.

Front 22

Examiner:

From what to what?

Back 22

Scott:

From the pass grip of a Fellowcraft to the real grip of the same.

Front 23

Examiner:

Pass. What is this?

Back 23

Scott:

The real grip of a Fellowcraft.

Front 24

Examiner:

Has it a name?

Back 24

Scott:

It has.

Front 25

Examiner:

Will you give it me?

Back 25

Scott:

I did not so receive it neither will I so impart it.

Front 26

Examiner:

How will you dispose of it?

Back 26

Scott:

I will letter it with you.

Front 27

Examiner:

Letter and begin.

Back 27

Scott:

No, you begin.

Front 28

Examiner:

You must begin

Back 28

Scott:

A

Front 29

Examiner:

J

Back 29

Scott:

C

Front 30

Examiner:

H

Back 30

Scott:

I

Front 31

Examiner:

N

Back 31

Scott:

JA

Front 32

Examiner:

CHIN (pronounced 'Kin')

Back 32

Scott:

JaChin

Front 33

Examiner:

Place yourself in the Due Guard position of a Fellowcraft.

Back 33

Scott:

Front 34

Examiner:

To what does this allude?

Back 34

Scott:

The position in which my hands were placed while taking my obligation.

Front 35

Examiner:

Give me the sign of a Fellowcraft.

Back 35

Scott:

give sign)....

Front 36

Examiner:

To what does this allude?

Back 36

Scott:

The penalty of my obligation.