It's Libatius (Was: News Flash! HBP covers released!)

[kellymcj2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 125946


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
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> 
> Carol notes: 
> 
> There's a whole thread (or maybe more than one) on the subject 
over at
> OT Chatter. Borage, it appears, is a plant used in wine to create a
> calming effect; Libatius, as other posters have noted, relates to
> "libation," which can mean a drink, usually wine, spilled on the
> ground in honor of the gods (or a king), or to the wine itself. 
Maybe
> Libatius became "libatious" from drinking too much borage wine? At 
any
> rate, it's the kind of joke JKR usually makes in creating imaginary
> authors for her textbooks.
> 
 
Hi Carol and anyone else reading this

Borage can have many effects and one of them is 'strenghening of the 
heart'.  Certainly, it would benefit Harry to have a borage type 
potion on hand. 

Borage was believed to provide some resistence to snake venom.

Bees like to hang out and build hives near borage.