Thread: HoM: Lesson One
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Old 09-17-2011, 09:34 PM   #270 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles View Post
"So this expression, most of you have your own personal idea to what it means, many things having to do with staying healthy and not being sick, ect. But like I said before something small and something simple can still be important to history. This expression is one of the rare wizarding expressions which means EXACTLY what it is saying. And no, by that i do not mean that eating apples will keep you from being sick. I mean that apples will keep Healers away." And there was a BIG difference between the two.

He looked around."That idea that the expression was 19th century is completely wrong. In the 19th century was when Muggles heard the expression and coined it as their own, because as we all know, muggles steal a bunch of wizarding ideas.. This expression actually dates back to way before that to the 14th century. Muggles took it in the sense that apples had properties which would help them from getting sick. The expression was actually what let Muggles to continue research on apples." But the whole Muggle idea wasn't the point here. "In the 14th century. This expression was created by a wizard who rarely gets credited for it named Chauncey Oldridge." Poor old Chauncey. "He is actually famous for something else which ties into the creation of the expression." He nodded his head. " Who knows what that is?"
Kimalia knew he died from some type of illness, but what did his death have to do with the expression, she rose her hand with a thought, "Was the expression created because an apple would have helped prevent his succumbing to dragon pox?" Not that she knew anything else about it, but it still was intriguing for her to find out.
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