Runes

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122030


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kirsty Lowson 
<kirsty_lowson at y...> wrote:
> 
> All this talk of runes set me to checking things
> in my books (oh, it is good when your bookshelves
> are right next to your computer!) and I was
> looking at the back of OOP (UK Bloomsbury HB)
> when I noticed that there are loads of runes on
> the back.
> 
> Are these significant to the story (as far as we
> know) or could they be prophetic? I''ve had a
> look in the archives and can't find discussion of
> them, so can someone either point me in the right
> direction or maybe work out what runes they are?
(snip)> 
> Kirsty
> 

Tonks here:

I was going to hold off on this till I got my hand on a Firebolt 
broom, but since you mentioned it today... The broom that is being 
sold as an official HP item has runes markings on it. (I will take a 
closeup picture of it next week when we get more in.) Now I know 
that JKR approves things that WB licenses, so this must mean 
something.

And if it is also on the back of the book, I would say that it does 
mean something. I am surprised, however, that JKR uses runes; since 
the religious right is so paranoid about the books to start with... 
this will push them over the edge for sure.

I don't know what they mean either, but I can find a book. So I will 
report more about this early next week.

Tonks_op