Everyday Magic

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 91316

Arya wrote:
why would playing Quidditch make you get muddy?  Isn't mud unique to 
the *ground*?  Er--aren't they on *brooms*--which, correct me ifI'm 
wrong, put you in the AIR!?!?!?

Berit replies:

Of course the Quidditch itself takes place up in the air, but canon 
suggests the players now and then fly back to the ground for a little 
pep-talk with their captain. Also, it's not too hard to imagine that 
one or two players during the course of training might fall off their 
brooms as they are attempting a particular difficult move... it 
happens :-) Thirdly, the Quidditch players always get off their 
brooms on the Quidditch pitch and *walk* back to the castle, they 
don't fly back. So it's just not possible to *play* Quidditch without 
getting in contact with the ground one way or the other :-)

Berit
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