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Di lowered the second marshmallow she had roasted, and nodded at the students. "The runes discussed in the house challenge, all belong to the Elder Futhark - the most common runic alphabet. These are the runes that a student is bound to come across most often at this level, and the runes that this lesson is about."
"In the Runes classroom in the castle, Miss Flores-Shepard -" she looked at the pesky!intelligent child - "Mentioned how runes are used in jewellery. This is not always for the purpose of ornamentation. Runes can make for beautiful pendants and bracelets, but do you think there can be other reasons that people first began to wear runes?" OOC: Be creative, if you want to. Don't not answer because you think it isn't the right answer. Remember, out-of-the-box answers are GOOD and appreciated. I'm heading offline for now. The lesson should resume in five to six hours. Have fun. Once again, chatting between characters is okay in small amounts. 
Emmaleigh had been SO confused during the trivia game. She truly had no idea what any of them ment, and didn't know a single name of any of them. But apparently, she wasn't the only Hufflepuff the not have a clue. But this question, Yeah, she might be able to answer. She raised her hand to answer and said,
"Maybe they strung them together, and wore them so they wouldn't loose them." After all, thats what she would do since she was always misplacing things.
"Or, maybe they represented status in the community, or the persons wealth? Kinda like the Native American's and Wampum." She added.