Wallop the Wombat Revision Course
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Books and Literature • Wizarding culture
The Wallop the Wombat Revision Course is a study course for the W.O.M.B.A.T Examination created by the Kwikspell Company, described in the adverts as a “a crammer course of evening classes.” This is recommended to those who achieve only a Poor on the Grade 3 test (JKR-W3). Read MoreMore than You Ever Wanted to Know about Frog-spawn• Essay
In the first ten years that Harry Potter lived with the Dursleys, his Aunt Petunia never uttered a word to him about the magic ability of his mother, her sister Lily. When the truth finally comes out about his parents, this is the first statement Petunia makes about magic, and it must have summed up what in her mind were… Read MoreWeird Canon Moments• Essay
Oh, of course there are a million things that I wish had been included in the films. But there are a few really weird things that I really would have loved to have seen included. Here are my top three Weird Canon Moments: Read MoreWHH: The Warlock's Hairy Heart• Source
“The Warlock’s Hairy Heart” is a wizarding world fairy tale, part of the collection The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This dark, “gothic” tale tells of a young warlock who removes his own heart by terrible Dark Arts to protect himself from the foolishness of love. When he meets… Read MoreWizard Banking• Essay
Banking in the middle ages (which is the basic world in which wizards live) was in its infancy. Its primary reason for existence was to provide safe-keeping, for a price (they took some of your money in exchange for keeping it safe). This could still be the basic mode of… Read MoreWizard Money• Essay
Introduction This interview that took place on March 12, 2001 became the historical point from which all theories and speculations about how much money would one need to go to Gringotts and to buy a Galleon started. Most researchers worked with the first JKR statement of “About five pounds,” while not addressing the more… Read More
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Wallop the Wombat Revision Course
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Books and Literature • Wizarding culture
The Wallop the Wombat Revision Course is a study course for the W.O.M.B.A.T Examination created by the Kwikspell Company, described in the adverts as a “a crammer course of evening classes.” This is recommended to those who achieve only a Poor on the Grade 3 test (JKR-W3). Read More
WHH: The Warlock's Hairy Heart
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“The Warlock’s Hairy Heart” is a wizarding world fairy tale, part of the collection The Tales of Beedle the Bard. This dark, “gothic” tale tells of a young warlock who removes his own heart by terrible Dark Arts to protect himself from the foolishness of love. When he meets… Read More
Wizard Money
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Introduction This interview that took place on March 12, 2001 became the historical point from which all theories and speculations about how much money would one need to go to Gringotts and to buy a Galleon started. Most researchers worked with the first JKR statement of “About five pounds,” while not addressing the more… Read More