Potion Brewing?

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No: HPFGUIDX 28362

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., laurence59 at y... wrote:
> Could a muggle brew potions given the right equipment. I know snape 
> said in ps/ss that 'you wouldn't think this magic... there is no 
> silly want waving...'. So could any old fool when given a couldren 
> and different ingredients make magical potions?
> 
> ~Laurence

'No, dunderhead.  My point was that potion is magic and requires 
magical ability to do it.  Just as you Muggles can't pick up a wand 
and cast a spell, the potions you brewed would be useless.  And fifty 
points from Gryffindor for calling potion brewers 'old fools'!' said 
Severus Snape, black eyes flashing and looking more dangerous than 
ever, outraged that someone dare to insult his beloved subject, the 
subtle science and precise art of Potion brewing.

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