Divination book title

[geoffbannister123 at btinternet.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
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> Hi guys, I have a question: one of the Divination books Harry notices at Flourish and Blotts in PoA is called "Broken Balls: When the Fortunes Turn Foul". I'd like to find out what the expression "broken balls" means here. Are they crystal balls? Or some, er, different kind of balls :-)? This is needed for a translation. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks :-).

Geoff:
I'll put my money on crystal balls. They are traditionally associated with
fortune telling.

I don't think that Flourish and Blotts would deal with, "er, different kinds 
of balls".
:-)