Rubbish, eh?

Whew. Another weekend. And when you thought I'll start talking and talking and talking..

Better not. Just when you thought it'll be all about Muggles. Nah.

Let's talk rubbish, eh?

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE:

• Mr. Weasley took his family to Egypt when he won the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw.
• Monkshood and wolfsbane are the same plant, which is also known as aconite.
• Tarantallegra is a Dancing Charm.
• At the age of 15, Hogwarts' students take their O.W.L. examinations — Ordinary Wizarding Levels.
• The Shrieking Shack is the most severely haunted house in Britain.
• There are 17 silver Sickles to a gold Galleon and 29 bronze Knuts to a Sickle.
• Hagrid is the Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.
• You-know-who's supporters call themselves the Death Eaters.
• The cry of a Mandrake is fatal to anyone who hears it.
• Tom Riddle had a Muggle father and a witch mother, and was an orphan.
• Expelliarmus is a Disarming Charm.
• Tom Riddle (as Lord Voldemort) opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago.
• Mr. Weasley works at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic.
• Skele-Gro regrows bones.
• Hogsmeade was the headquarters of the 1612 goblin rebellion.
• The cry of a Mandrake seedling will knock you out for several hours.
• Cornish pixies are electric blue and about eight inches high.
• Albus Dumbledore is of the Order Of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards.
• A dementor's kiss sucks out your soul, leaving the empty shell of your body behind.
• Nearly Headless Nick died on October 31, 1492.
• To conjure a patronium, concentrate on a happy memory and say Expecto Patronum.
• Hippogriffs look like a cross between a horse and an eagle.
• Padfoot is the nickname of Sirius Black.
• Finite Incantatem ends Charms.
• Dragon Breeding was outlawed by the Wizard's Convention of 1709.
• To open the Monster Book of Monsters, you must stroke it.
• Wormtail is the nickname of Peter Pettigrew, one of the creators of the Marauder's Map.
• First Year Students are required to bring 3 plain work robes to Hogwarts.
• The Firebolt racing broom can accelerate to 150 miles an hour in 10 seconds.
• Mr. And Mrs. Dursley tell people that Harry is attending St. Brutus's Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys.

NOTHINGS FOLLOWS

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