I'm disappointed...

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No: HPFGUIDX 104835

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" <quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> > David:
>   Why is Nackledirk *never 
> > > mentioned* in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a work not 
> > > slow to describe the fauna of out-of-the-way spots?
> > 
> > Geoff:
> > Why should it be? Sounds more like a place to me. A sleepy English 
> > village buried in the lanes of Derbyshire with a quiet tea rooms 
> run 
> > by an old lady with wispy hair whose name is Hestia.....
> 
> Ginger deadpans:
> 
> Well, Geoff, I defer to your excellent knowledge of British 
> geography.  You were the one who found Vauxhall Road, after all.
> 
> But I think the Nackledirk to which JKR is referring is the one in 
> Sweden, near which the Snorkacks are commonly found.  Straight horned 
> ones, of course.  The Crumpled horned ones are deep in hiding.  They 
> live in Norway near the Quirrel family home.
> 
> Obviously Luna and her father are going to play a big role in book 7.
> 
> You are correct, though, in assuming that the Kettle of Nackledirk is 
> no more a kettle full of nackledirks than the Great Wall of China is 
> a hutch for one's good dinnerware.
> 

Just to add some detail to the bare facts mentioned above.

Nackledirk is named for the last resting place of McGillicuddy Nackledirk,
an unfortunate  casualty in the notorious annual broom race from
Koparberg to Arjeplog. As we all know this passes through a dragon
reservation which means there are a lot of non-finishers.

Being an enthusiast of the early Scottish form of Quidditch (Creaothceann)
he took the precaution of strapping his cauldron (or kettle) on his head for
protection. Unfortunately it  slipped over his eyes and he flew straight into
a pissed-off Swedish Short-Snout. And since metal is a good conductor of
heat his metaphorical hot-headedness became literal.

He  was  buried where he fell and  his kettle was solemnly placed over
his remains as a memorial.

It is said that  when the moon is on the wane and the wind howls in the
trees any potion mixed in this kettle tastes of singed hair and boiled
ear wax and a ghostly voice can be heard to cry "Oh bugger!" 

This is said to cure flatulence and flat feet instantaneously.

Kneasy