Gillywater

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> I have a question to the English-speaking posters: what do you make 
of 
> the word "gillywater"? Any idea what it may mean? I've always assumed 
> that "gillyweed" had something to do with "gills", but this wouldn't 
> work with a beverage(gillywater), would it :-)? Is there some 
> connection here to gillyflowers, maybe? Or to the other "gill" - 
liquid 
> measure? Does anyone know anything at all about this? I need it for a 
> translation, and I would appreciate any idea :-).

Tonks:

I would guess it to be like a club soda with a pinch of gillyweed in 
it. Not recommended to go swimming after consuming. lol.

Tonks_op