Brooms Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: OOP & Quidditch

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No: HPFGUIDX 41249

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kristin Cusack <msiscusack at y...> wrote:
> I was just wondering if it is mentioned anywhere in
> the books  why broomsticks that fly aren't against any
> Minstry regulation about manipulating muggle
> artifacts. Because I knew Mr. weasley had to put a
> stop to the importation of flying carpets and his
> flying ford angolia is supposed to be a secret...so
> how come brooms are allowed to fly? 
> Sorry if its somewhere very obviously in the canon but
> I don't have the books with me and its been a few
> months since my last re-read.
> ~Kristin


Wow, good point.  That never occurred to me.  Hmm... do you suppose 
that these brooms aren't enchanted muggle objects, but something 
inherently magical?  I'm trying to think of a comparison to make... 
surely there are things wizards make and buy that have muggle 
counterparts.  Like, The Monster Book of Monsters is certainly not a 
normal-behaving book, but that doesn't cause a problem, because I 
guess it's not an enchanted muggle book, it's a book made by a wizard 
or witch in the first place.  Perhaps that's how it works with 
brooms.  Hmm...  but then why would brooms be something that could be 
magically made, but carpets could not.  Very odd.

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