gillyweed in gillywater?

[jodel at aol.com]

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Fred Waldrop comments;

> I still think that "Gillywater" has "Gillyweed" in it. My reasoning is that 
> because Professor McGonagall is so good at transfigeration,(remember, she 
> teaches transfigeration at Hogwarts) she knows how to stop the 
> transfigeration. I guess she just likes the taste of gillyweed, so she 
> drinks gillywater, and, as I said, she just stops the transfigeration 
> afterward.
> 
Intriguing as the notion that gillweed may be one of the components of 
gillywater is, I am inclined to think that cullinary tradition is more likely 
to hold the key to this puzzle, in the form of the gillyflower. Aka the clove 
pink, a close relative of the carnation, which is also edible, and tastes 
rather as it smells. The gillyflower is also sometimes refered to as "sops in 
wine" and has traditionally been used to flavor various cordials.

-JOdel


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