Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

The Houses

The Teachers

The School Song

The Sorting Hat Song

A History of Magic

A List of Potions

A List of Charms

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

THE HOUSES

	GRYFFINDOR STATS Founder: Godric Gryffindor Head of House: Minerva McGonagall House Colours: Scarlet & Gold Mascot: Lion Entrance: The Fat Lady Password: Balderdash, Banana Fritters, Caput Draconis, Fairy Lights, Flibbertigibbet, Fortuna Major, Oddsbodikins, Pig Snout, Wattlebird. Resident Ghost: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick) Quidditch Captain: Angelina Johnson You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry, Set Gryffindors apart.
	SLYTHERIN STATS Founder: Salazar Slytherin Head of House: Professor Severus Snape House Colours: Green and Silver Mascot: Serpent Entrance: Dungeon Wall. Their common room is a dungeon. Password: Resident Ghost: The Bloody Baron Quidditch Captain: Marcus Flint Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folk use any means To achieve their ends
	HUFFLEPUFF STATS Founder: Helga Hufflepuff Head of House: Professor Sprout House Colours: Yellow and Black Mascot: Badger Entrance: Near the Kitchen. The common room is much like a cellar. Password: Resident Ghost: The Fat Friar Quidditch Captain: Unknown (Previously Cedric Diggory) You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil.
	RAVENCLAW STATS Founder: Rowena Ravenclaw Head of House: Professor Sinistra House Colours: Blue and Bronze Mascot: Raven Entrance: Password: Pureblood Resident Ghost: The Grey Lady Quidditch Captain: Roger Davies Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

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THE TEACHERS

Albus Dumbledore - Headmaster, Former Transfiguration Teacher.

Professor Minerva McGonagall - Deputy Headmistress, Transfiguration Teacher.

Professor Filius Flitwick - Charms Teacher.

Professor Severus Snape - Potions Master.

Professor Slatero Quirrell - Former Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher.

Professor Gilderoy Lockhart - Former Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher.

Professor Dolores Umbridge - Former Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher.

Professor Remus J. Lupin - Former Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher.

Professor Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody - Former Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher.

Professor Sibll Trelawney - Former Divination Teacher.

Professor Sprout - Herbology Teacher.

Professor Kettleburn - Former Care of Magical Creatures Teacher.

Professor Sinistra - Astronomy Teacher.

Rubeus Hagird - Gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures Teacher.

Professor Binns - History of Magic Teacher.

Madam Xiomara Hooch - Flying Class Teacher.

Professor Vector - Arithmancy Teacher.

Madam Pomfrey - School Nurse.

Professor Dippit - Former Hogwarts Headmaster.

Madam Pince - Hogwarts Librarian.

Firenze - Divination Teacher.

Argus Filch - Caretaker.

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THE SCHOOL SONG

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.

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THE SORTING HAT SONG

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowler's black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There 's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave heart,
Their daring nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuff's are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

"A thousand years or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School Began.
Now each of these four founders,
Formed their own house, for each,
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were,
Where they are just and loyal
Prized far beyind the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favourites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your brain
And see where you belong!"

In times of old when I was new

And Hogwarts barely started

The founders of our noble school

Thought never to be parted:

United by a common goal,

They had the selfsame yearning,

To make the world’s best magic school

And pass along their learning.

‘Together we will build and teach!’

The four good friends decided

And never did they dream that they

Might some day be divided,

For were there such friends anywhere

As Slytherin and Gryffindor?

Unless it was the second pair

Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?

So how could it have gone so wrong?

How could such friendships fail?

Why, I was there and so can tell

The whole sad, sorry tale.

Said Slytherin, ‘We’ll teach just those

Whose ancestry is purest.’

Said Ravenclaw, ‘We’ll teach just those whose

Intelligence is surest.’

Said Gryffindor, ‘We’ll teach all those

With brave deeds to their name,’

Said Hufflepuff, ‘I’ll teach the lot,

And treat them just the same.’

These differences caused little strife

When first they came to light,

For each of the four founders had

A house in which they might

Take only those they wanted, so,

For instance, Slytherin

Took only pure-blood wizards

Of great cunning, just like him,

And only those of sharpest mind

Were taught by Ravenclaw

While the bravest and the boldest

Went to daring Gryffindor.

Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,

And taught them all she knew,

Thus the houses and their founders

Retained friendships firm and true.

So Hogwarts worked in harmony

For several happy years,

But then discord crept among us

Feeding on our faults and fears.

The houses that, like pillars four,

Had once held up our school,

Now turned upon each other and,

Divided, sought to rule.

And for a while it seemed the school

Must meet an early end,

What with dueling and with fighting

And the clash of friend on friend

And at last there came a morning

When old Slytherin departed

And though the fighting then died out

He left us quite downhearted.

And never since the founders four

Were whittled down to three

Have the houses been united

As they once were meant to be.

And now the Sorting Hat is here

And you all know the score:

I sort you into houses

Because that is what I’m for,

But this year I’ll go further,

Listen closely to my song:

Though condemned I am to split you

Still I worry that it’s wrong,

Though I must fulfill my duty

And must quarter every year

Still I wonder whether Sorting

May not bring the end I fear.

Oh, know the perils, read the signs,

The warning history shows,

For our Hogwarts is in danger

From external, deadly foes

And we must unite inside her

Or we’ll crumble from within

I have told you, I have warned you…

Let the Sorting now begin.

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HOGWARTS: A HISTORY

"Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago - though the precise date is uncertain - by the four greatest wizards of the age. The four school houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.

They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when common people feared magic and witches and wizards suffered much persecution. For a few years the founders worked in harmony together seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them up to the castle to be educated. But then disagreements sprang between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that learning should be kept within all-magic families.

He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor and Slytherin left the school. Reliable historical sources tell us this much, but these honest facts have been obscured by the fanciful legend of The Chamber of Secrets. The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle of which the others knew nothing. Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed The Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school. The heir alone would be able to unleash the horror within and purge the school of all who are unworthy to study magic."

-Professor Binns

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POTIONS

Antidotes - Ingredients: various. These potions are used to counteract the effects of a poison and their effects.

Beautifying Potions/Beautification Potion - Mastered by Sacharissa Tugwood. Improves a person's appearance. The famouse hag Malodora Grymm took this potion to conceal her true form, married a King and used a charmed mirror to remind her of her outer beauty. She became jealous of the most beautiful girl in the land and fed her a poisoned apple in an attempt to get rid of her.

Boil Curing Potion - Ingredients: dried nettles, crushed snake fangs, stewed horned slugs, porcupine quills (added after the cauldron is taken off the fire). A simple potion used to cure boils.

Burn-Healing Paste - An orange paste used to heal burns.

Cleaning Solutions - Magical cleaning and polishing is achieved through the use of various potions.

Confusing Concoction - Used to cause confusion.

Confusing and Befuddlement Draught - Ingredients: sneezewort, scurvy-grass, lovage. Similar to a Confusing Concoction (see above).

Deflating Draught - An antidote to the Swelling Solution.

Doxycide - A black liquid in a spray bottle used to knock out Doxies for a significantly long time so they can be safely disposed of.

Draught of the Living Death - Ingredients: asphodel, an infusion of womrwood. Causes someone to fall into a deep sleep. It is however, different to the Sleeping Draught used in the Tri-Wizard Tournament for the Second Task.

Draft of Peace - Ingredients: essence of hellebore. It gives a person a sense of peace.

Elixir of Life - Ingredients: unknown. Derived from the Philosopher's Stone, it grants the drinker immortality. If a person discontinues use they will eventually die. Nicholas Flamel and his wife lived for over 650 years with this potion. Voldemort attempted to regain power by trying to steal the Stone.

Exploding Fluid - Ingredients: erumpent fluid. The effect, besides explosion, is unknown.

Forgetfulness Potion - Causes a person to forget things.

Hair-Raising Potion - Ingredients: rat tails. The exact effect is unknown.

Love Potion - Ingredients: frozen Ashwinder eggs. Causes the drinker to fall in love with someone.

Mandrake Restorative Draught - Ingredients: mandrakes. This powerful antidote revives all those people who have been petrified.

Memory Potion - Ingredients: jobberknoll. Effect unknown.

Mrs. Skower's All-Magical Mess Remover - A magical cleaning potion.

Pepperup Potion - Invented by Glover Hipworth, it helps cure colds and flu.

Polyjuice Potion - Ingredients: lacewing flies stewed for 21 days, leeches, powdered bicorn, knotgrass, fluxweed picked at full moon, boomslang skin, a piece of the person you want to change into. The effects cause the drinker to transform into the exact appearance of someone. One dose lasts for exactly one hour. Doses can be replenished however.

Quodpot Solution - Used in the game of Quodpot it is placed on the goals to prevent the Quod from exploding.

Scintillating Solution - Exact effect unknown.

Shrinking Solution - Ingredients: chopped daisy roots, skinned shrivelfig, sliced catepillar, one rat spleen, a dash of leech juice. Causes objects to decrease in size.

Skele-Gro - A Potion used to re-grow bones. The procedure takes roughly eight hours and can be quite painful.

SleekEasy's Hair Potion - A hair-styling product.

Sleeping Daught/Potion - Causes the drinker to fall into a deep sleep.

Swelling Solution - Causes something to engorge.

Truth Potion/Serum - Ingredients: jobberknoll feathers. Also known as Veritaserum is forces someone to speak the truth.

Veritaserum - The most powerful truth potion available.

Wartcap Powder - If someone touches this powder, their skin will form into a thick, hard crust.

Wit-Sharpening Potion - Ingredients: ground scarab beetles, sliced ginger root, armadillo bile. Allows a person to think much more clearly.

Wolfsbane Potion - This potion can prevent dementia when a wizard is transforming from a human into a werewolf.

Wound-Cleaning Potion - Used to heal open cuts and wounds.

INGREDIENTS

Potion ingredients are available for student use from Student Store cupboard. Students also buy their own ingredients as part of their school supplies at the Apothecary in Diagon Alley, and purchase additional materials and refills every year. Snape maintains his own private stores which include ingredients not available in the Student Store Cupboard, including boomslang skin and gillyweed.

Abyssinian Shrivelfig - must be peeled
Aconite - aka Monskhood/Wolfsbane.
Antipodean Opaleye Dragon Eggshells
Armadillo Bile - Used in a Wit-Sharpening Potion
Ashwinder Eggs - Use frozen.
Asphodel, Powdered Root of
Belladonna - Is very poisonous.
Bezoar - From the stomach of a goat it protects against most poisons.
Bicorn Horn - powdered.
Billywig Stings - dried.
Black Beetle Eyes
Boomslang Skin - shredded.
Bubotuber Pus - Yellowish in colour and smelling of petrol it is great against stubborn acne. These pimple-curing properties were first discovered by Sachariss Tugwood.
Bundimun Secretion
Catepillars - sliced.
Cockroach, Dead - Snape keeps a jar of these in his office.
Daisy Roots - chopped.
Doxy Eggs - Black in colour they were used in the production of Fred and George's sweets.
Dragon - hide, blood, heart, liver and horn are all used in potions.
Erumpment - horns, tails used in Exploding Fluid.
Fluxweed - picked at full moon.
Frog Brains
Gillyweed - When eaten, it allows the wizard to grow gills and webbed feet so that a person can swim and breathe underwater. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea. It's effects were first discovered by Elladora Ketteridge. It wasn't until a century later that it was re-discovered by Beaumont Marjoribanks.
Ginger Roots - cut.
Graphorn - powdered.
Hellebore
Horned Toad
Horned Slugs
Jobberknoll Feathers - Used in Memory and Truth Serums.
Knotgrass
Lacewing Flies - stewed for 21 days.
Leeches - leech juice.
Lionfish, Spine of - part of the standard student potion making kit.
Mandrake - An important plant used in the Restorative Draught of the same name.
Monkshood - See Aconite.
Moonstone - Used in various potions, sometime in powdered form. It is found in a variety of colours and helps to attain emotional balance.
Nettles - dried. Gathered in Queerditch Marsh for nettle tea.
Porcupine Quills
Puffer-Fish Eyes
Rat Tails/Spleen - Used in the Hair-Raising Potion
Romanian Longhorn Dragon Horn - powdered.
Scarab Beetles - crushed.
Shrivelfig, Abyssinian - skinned.
Snake Fangs - crushed.
Spiders
Tubeworms
Unicorn Horns/Tail Hair - Used in wands.
Wolsbane - See Aconite.
Wormwood

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A LIST OF SPELLS AND CHARMS

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BEAUXBATONS AND DURMSTRANG

Beauxbatons Academy
DID YOU KNOW that Beauxbatons means "beautiful wand" in French? Qui, it certainly does!
Headmistress: Madame Olympe Maxime. (She's a half-giant.)
Nationality: French.
Mascot: Two, crossed, golden wands each emitting three stars.
Robes: Pale blue and made of very fine silk.
Mode of Transportation: This school likes to fly in style with their very own horse drawn carriage.
School Champion: Fleur Delacour.

Durmstrang Institute
Headmaster: Igor Karkaroff. (He's a former Death Eater and his school excels in the Darks Arts subjects.)
Nationality: Eastern European.
Mascot:
Robes: Blood Red with fur caps and cloaks.
Mode of Transportation: These boys grandly sailed into Hogwarts on their large underwater ship.
School Champion: Viktor Krum.

* It is important to remember there is very little we can learn about other wizarding schools worldwide simply because every school obsesses over maintaining complete secrecy as to their location. This is so no other schools can obtain confidential material from the schools and use it illegally.

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