Braingle: 'One Special Day' Riddle

One Special Day

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

Puzzle ID:	#35634
Fun:	(2.35)
Difficulty:	(2.95)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	OldChinaHand
Corrected By:	cnmne

Every one hundred years
as the song has it,
I appear but for one day,
one special day,
where the heather grows.

One could stay
but none could leave
less the miracle would be broken.

What am I?

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Comments

Mon05 Mar 10, 2007	I can't believe I didn't get it. Today is not my day to use my brain I guess Great teaser.
scallio Mar 12, 2007	Interesting... I hadn't heard of it. Learned something new today.
Jamil Mar 12, 2007	nice i liked it
oneheartbroken Mar 12, 2007	i've never heard of it before...huh..wow..must be blonde!!
Kellington Mar 13, 2007	I seen the musical back in high school. Still didin't get the answer though...
vlerma Mar 14, 2007	I don't know why I remembered it but I had it from the I appear once every hundred years. This film to me was a wonderful as Wizard of OZ but I never dreamed I would see it in a teaser. Great job!
Sand-Storm Mar 15, 2007	One of my favorite shows
12thman Mar 15, 2007	cool
bookworm91 Apr 16, 2007	Cool! I'd never heard of this, so now I've learned something.
mosca Jan 10, 2008	Years ago, in German class, I read a story called 'Germelshausen' and later heard it had been the basis for 'Brigadoon.' I don't know if that is eally true, but someone's theory. The stories are similar, but the location is different.
mosca Jan 10, 2008	Oh, and BTW, nice teaser!