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Dainsie · 06-19-2006, 04:12 AM

A

Aingingein – An old Irish broom-game
Annual broom race – An yearly broom race in Sweden
Appleby Arrows - Quidditch team from Northern England founded in 1612. They wear pale blue robes with a silver arrow on the chest and have a fierce rivalry with the Wimbourne Wasps

B

Ballycastle Bats - Northern-Ireland’s most celebrated Quidditch team. They wear black robes with a scarlet bat on the chest and have a mascot, Barny the Fruit bat
Banchory Bangers - An old Scottish team known for their poor skills and post-match parties
Beat Back Those Bludgers, Boys and Chuck That Quaffle Here - Pudlemere United’s anthem recorded by Celestina Warbeck
Beater - Position whose job it is to direct the Bludgers at the other team
Bigonville Bombers - Team from Luxembourg
Blagging - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Seizing opponents broom tail to slow or hinder
Blatching - Quidditch Foul that applies to all; Flying with the intent to collide
Blooder - Old name for Bludger
Bludger - Iron ball 10 inches in diameter that attempt to knock players off their brooms
Bludger Backbeat - A move where the Beater strikes the Bludger with a backhanded club swing, sending it behind him/her rather than in front. Difficult to bring off with precision but excellent for confusing opponents
Bluebottle - A broom type
Blurting - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Locking broom handles with a view to steering opponents broom off course
Braga Broomfleet - Portuguese Quidditch team
Bumphing - Beaters foul; Hitting Bludger towards the crowd necessitating a halt of the game as officials rush to protect bystanders.

C

Caerphilly Catapults - Welsh team formed in 1402 that wear vertically striped robes of light green and scarlet. Their most famous player was 'Dangerous' Dai Llewellyn
Catcher - Probably the old term for Chaser
Chaser – Players who handle the quaffle and score goals
Chaser Hawkshead Attacking Formation - A Quidditch move developed by Darren O’Hare
Chudley Cannons - British Quidditch team that haven’t won the league since 1892. They wear bright orange robes with a cannon ball and a double ‘C’ in black
Cleansweep, 5, 7 and 11 - Brooms developed for sport use
Cleansweep Broom Company – Broom company started by the 3 brothers Ollerton in 1926
Cobbing - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Excessive use of elbows towards opponents
Comet - A broom type
Comet Trading Company - Broom company started in 1929 by Dandolph Keitch and Basil Horton
Comet Two Sixty - A broom type
Creaothceann - Ancient and dangerous Scottish broom-game. Each player had a cauldron strapped to their heads, and at the sound of a horn or drum, up to a hundred charmed rocks fell to the ground. Players tried to catch as many rocks in their cauldron as possible. It was very popular, despite a huge number of fatalities, but was made illegal in 1762

D

Dom - The ball in Aingingein; actually the gallbladder of a goat
Double Eight Loop - Keeper Defence; usually employed against penalty takers, whereby the Keeper swerves around all three goal hoops at high speed to block the Quaffle
Dropplebeater Defence - Both Beaters hit a Bludger at the same time for extra power, resulting a Bludger attack of greater severity

06-19-2006, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dainsie I... am a Librarian Flourish & Blotts Mod The Dud Vampire Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 11,026 Hogwarts RPG Name: Professor Zaria Dainsie	Quidditch and Flying A Aingingein – An old Irish broom-game Annual broom race – An yearly broom race in Sweden Appleby Arrows - Quidditch team from Northern England founded in 1612. They wear pale blue robes with a silver arrow on the chest and have a fierce rivalry with the Wimbourne Wasps B Ballycastle Bats - Northern-Ireland’s most celebrated Quidditch team. They wear black robes with a scarlet bat on the chest and have a mascot, Barny the Fruit bat Banchory Bangers - An old Scottish team known for their poor skills and post-match parties Beat Back Those Bludgers, Boys and Chuck That Quaffle Here - Pudlemere United’s anthem recorded by Celestina Warbeck Beater - Position whose job it is to direct the Bludgers at the other team Bigonville Bombers - Team from Luxembourg Blagging - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Seizing opponents broom tail to slow or hinder Blatching - Quidditch Foul that applies to all; Flying with the intent to collide Blooder - Old name for Bludger Bludger - Iron ball 10 inches in diameter that attempt to knock players off their brooms Bludger Backbeat - A move where the Beater strikes the Bludger with a backhanded club swing, sending it behind him/her rather than in front. Difficult to bring off with precision but excellent for confusing opponents Bluebottle - A broom type Blurting - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Locking broom handles with a view to steering opponents broom off course Braga Broomfleet - Portuguese Quidditch team Bumphing - Beaters foul; Hitting Bludger towards the crowd necessitating a halt of the game as officials rush to protect bystanders. C Caerphilly Catapults - Welsh team formed in 1402 that wear vertically striped robes of light green and scarlet. Their most famous player was 'Dangerous' Dai Llewellyn Catcher - Probably the old term for Chaser Chaser – Players who handle the quaffle and score goals Chaser Hawkshead Attacking Formation - A Quidditch move developed by Darren O’Hare Chudley Cannons - British Quidditch team that haven’t won the league since 1892. They wear bright orange robes with a cannon ball and a double ‘C’ in black Cleansweep, 5, 7 and 11 - Brooms developed for sport use Cleansweep Broom Company – Broom company started by the 3 brothers Ollerton in 1926 Cobbing - Quidditch foul that applies to all; Excessive use of elbows towards opponents Comet - A broom type Comet Trading Company - Broom company started in 1929 by Dandolph Keitch and Basil Horton Comet Two Sixty - A broom type Creaothceann - Ancient and dangerous Scottish broom-game. Each player had a cauldron strapped to their heads, and at the sound of a horn or drum, up to a hundred charmed rocks fell to the ground. Players tried to catch as many rocks in their cauldron as possible. It was very popular, despite a huge number of fatalities, but was made illegal in 1762 D Dom - The ball in Aingingein; actually the gallbladder of a goat Double Eight Loop - Keeper Defence; usually employed against penalty takers, whereby the Keeper swerves around all three goal hoops at high speed to block the Quaffle Dropplebeater Defence - Both Beaters hit a Bludger at the same time for extra power, resulting a Bludger attack of greater severity Last edited by Nienna : 04-04-2008 at 01:38 PM.