Kerry rolled her eyes at the girls behind her whispering to each other and tried to ignore them, as she sat back twirling her quill between her fingers focussing on what to her classmates said about what they knew of runes.

Hearing some of their answered, sparked Kerry to remember some information she had learned in previous classes.

Kerry raised her hand, "Runes are set a of ancient symbols. Each of the runic characters represent certain letter in the alphabet. If I remember correctly there were originally 24 runes, known as the Futhark. I believe they were used for writing or communicating messages, and for inscriptions and epitaphs." Kerry thought for a moment and then continued "I also remember they were used on amulets and charms. And let's see there was something else.....ummm... Oh yes! Runes were also used in divination; for such things as rituals, magic and spells" Kerry smiled, happy to have recalled all of that information after the long holiday.