Hurdles and with(i)es

[David]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:

> Apart from being something you have to jump over in a race (or life 
itself),
> a hurdle is also "a portable rectangular frame strengthened with 
withes or
> wooden bars, used as a temporary fence etc." 

, and they're dead trendy right now too - this year's decking if you 
want to give your garden a makeover.

> I also looked up 'withe' - it's basically a bendy shoot, often of 
willow,

which brings us back to Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, who IIRC was 
always gathering them...

Dive for cover everyone!

David, who never did get an answer about Goldberry's preference for 
Slytherin colours