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Term 20: September - December 2008 Term Twenty: Treasure Hunt! (Sept. 2066 - June 2067)

 
 
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Old 10-24-2008, 04:00 PM
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Default Muggle Studies Lesson 2 - Halloween

As you enter the Muggle Studies classroom, you notice that everything is decorated in a rather festive way. The walls are decorated with such items as spider webs and spiders, vampires, monsters, bats, skeletons, tombstones and other scary items. The desk itself is the centerpiece , with a large pumpkin sitting in the middle of it. The pumpkin has been carved out so that it reveals a scary face, and there is a candle inside it which provides illumination, the light flickering on and off in a rather mysterious way. On the floor beside the desk you notice lots of large grocery size paper bags, but the professor shies you away from these, pushing them aside as if they are a secret. There is also a small broomstick, a rather primitive looking black witches' hat (not the modern sort, but the somewhat old fashioned muggle concept of what a witches' hat should look like), and a picture magazine showing children and adults clad in lots of interesting and colorful costumes. There is also a stack of black and orange colored textbooks towards the front which Professor Dumont invites you to take one of - USA WEEKEND Magazine.

Take a look around, grab a book, have a seat and the lesson will get started soon!
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Anna raised her hand and said, "Peasant women wore what is perceived as the traditional witch hat."
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Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Peasant women did...probably because it was easy to make.'
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Camira sighed as she flipped through her textbook, before raising her hand. "Was it peasant women, sir?" She was pretty sure that's what she'd read earlier. Oh, how she hated Muggles and their stupid customs that she didn't get. What in the heck was a peasant woman anyway.
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"Very good," Antonio said. "This is definitely a sharp group. Pesant women were the original wearers of the so-called witches' hat. Now, who knows how black cats were regarded by the muggles? What did they think that black cats represented? Only one more question after this, so I won't be keeping you all much longer!"
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"Black Cats were familiars of witchesa" Biff answered Professor DuMont.
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"Black cats were thought to be witches in disguise, familiar beings," she said, and shuddered slightly.
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Kathrina raised her hand shyly.
"Muggles believe black cats a sign of bad luck or a bad omen.
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"They thought they were familars. Basically witches in disguise" Vannie spoke as she had her hand in the air.
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"Cats were thought to be reincarnated beings since ancient times, they were considered "familiars," witches in disguise, in the Middle Ages, which led to a cruel practice of burning them, Professor." Evangeline replied with her hand in the air.
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"They were thought to be reincarnated witches, which explains why they so often were kept as pets by witches."
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Anna raised her hand and said, "Black cats are regarded as mysterious creatures with supernatural powers and were associated with witches and thought to represent death. They have been thought to be witches in a disguise, or familiars of witches."
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Astrid raised her hand and said, "They were sometimes thought to be witches in disguise. Cats have been considered by many to be spiritual animals. They have been worshiped in many societies and are thought to have the ability to sense good and bad spirits. Western superstitions would have us believed that black cats have special powers, that they can represent spirits or even incarnated humans, thereby linking black cats to occultism."
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Ah, easy. Meredith raised her hand. "They thought black cats were witches in disguise, also known as 'familiars'."
She was still taking notes, and the pumkin was now finished. It was on top of the page, grinning at her.
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"All of you did very well today," Antonio smiled. "I have one last question, though, and that is about the broomstick. Who can tell me what are a few of the myths which the muggles associate with the broomstick? I will give a point for each correct answer, then I'll assign homework."
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"Corn dance( fertility rite) and hiding wands disguising them as brooms sir" Biff said to the professor.
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Piper raised her hand, "Black cats were thought to be wtiches in disguise or "familiars"" She said softly.
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"A tale was that the witches hid wands by disgusing them as brooms." Vannie spoke as she raised her hand again.
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"Witches were said to have hid wands by disguising them as brooms," Emily said with her hand in the air.
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Astrid smiled at the professor and said, "They believed that witches hid their wands in their brooms. Witches have been associated with brooms for centuries. Often witches are depicted riding them across the night sky with a black cat on the end. A more reasonable explanation may be that Halloween festivities happened during the rainy season. Women used their brooms to vault over the puddles and large amounts of water. As well, during the Witch's Sabbath, they performed a jumping dance while straddling the broom, using it to vault higher. It was thought that the higher the jumps, the higher the crop growth because in ancient time, the broom was thought to symbolize fertility."
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The name broomstick comes from the Saxon wica, meaning wise one. It was thought to aide in purification and cleansing. The negative energies would be swept out of a person's dwelling, leaving it clear. This is what muggle's who were wannabe witch's would do", she said, finding this amusing.
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"they would use the broom in some sort of fertility dance. i think Professor." katherina said softly.
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"The muggles believed that witched hid their wands by disguising them as brooms. There was also a corn dance, a fertility ritual that was usually done during the full moon and it involved jumping over a stick or a broom. That could easily be mistaken for riding a broomstick," Rachel said, shaking her head slightly as she grinned.
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Anna raised her hand and said, "Witches were thought to have used their brooms to hide their wands. Superstitious people believe witches fly through chimneys in order to terrorize people. The image of witches flying off on their magic broomstick correlates to their use of magical flying ointments during their divinatory endeavors. After the witches covered themselves with the ointment they would lay down by the fireplace in order to keep safe and warm while on their journeys. The symbol of this flight, the witch's broom (also known as a besom), has historical associations with a variety of plants."
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There were a lot of things by which witches were associated with brooms. Meredith raised her left hand, "Witches are often shown on pictures riding brooms. Sometimes, they have a black cat also sitting on the end. Also, an old corn dance, a fertility rite usually done during the full moon, involved jumping over a stick or broom. Other stories say witches hid wands by disguising them as brooms." she answered.
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