[HPforGrownups] Squibs

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No: HPFGUIDX 71235


On Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003, at 22:38 America/Indianapolis, Rach wrote:

> I don't know if this has been posted before, but during a recent trip
> to the Powerhouse Museum with my 6 yr old brother I discovered that a
> Squib is a kind of firecracker casing (i.e. like a roman candle or
> catherine wheel).

JKR takes the term "squib" from an old phrase for a defective 
firecracker... more info at 
http://www.cjvlang.com/Hpotter/mistranslations/squib.html

--Random832