[HPforGrownups] Texas wizarding academy

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 6114

Hi --

I like this idea of a Texas wizarding academy!  And, Wimberley is just a
lovely location, although the Lost Pines area near Bastrop has some
appeal as well.

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> Nobody who has been in Texas for more than two days would name
> anything but a pesticide, a strain of virulent bacteria, or some form
> of explosive after grackles. Skeet shooting is also too recent.

I can't agree more re: the grackles.  Foul creatures!!

> We also know there's a wizarding academy around someplace because of
> the
> oddities in the wildlife, clearly the result of magical foolery at
> some
> level. Horned toads, who squirt blood from their eyes (they really do,
> I've been squirted).

Me too.  My favorite pasttime as a young child was chasing after those
elusive creatures.

> The wizarding world not responding too quickly to change, it's
> probably
> called the Academy of the Republic or San Jacinto School or something
> similar hearkening back to the days of its founding. And I'm betting
> it's
> even more into tradition that A&M (who are still trying to cope with
> the
> unaccountable failure of their Bonfire Charm).

Yes! (she says gleefully -- "hook em' horns!").

> OK, this Yankee will bite.  Please tell us, oh wonderful people of
> Texas: What is the significance of the yellow rose and who is Emily
> Morgan?
>
> --Joy, the cranky witch of the North
>
Well, this native Texan is a bit ashamed to admit she didn't know the
answer really either.  A google search came up with the appropriate info
though.  You can read all about it (and read the lyrics to one of the
quintessentially Texas songs, "The Yellow Rose of Texas") at:

http://garywolff.com/yellowrose/

Penny


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