[HPforGrownups] Nearly Headless Nick and the Mandrake Potion

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 32054

Rachel wrote: 


> 
> I know this is a little nitpicky, but as I was reading Chamber of 
> Secrets to my husband, I began to wonder how exactly one would revive 
> a ghost with a potion.  I mean, there is quite a lot of emphasis on 
> the fact ghosts don't eat or drink.  So, um, how do they make 
> him "drink" the Mandrake potion?  How would you make a statue "drink" 
> a potion either, for that matter?  I guess it might suffice to just 
> pour it over them.  But could you pour potion on a ghost?


Hmm. Good question. Maybe they just let the fumes waft over them or 
something?  I could kind of see that working on a ghost. 

> 
> And on a total tangent, as I was reading Chamber of Secrets out loud 
> (and thus making sure not to miss any words, etc.) I realized how 
> barbaric it seemed to cut up and stew the Mandrakes into a potion.  I 
> mean, it might have been an ugly, bawling baby, but so is my 
> neighbor's kid ;).

lol. I think the whole Mandrakes being little babies is just a cute play on 
words kind of thing. Real Mandrake plants are thought to look like the bodies 
of human babies, so why not make them real human-like babies in the magical 
world? ^_^  

~Cassie~ 


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