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PadfootAndTheWolf · 07-14-2012, 07:00 PM

SPOILER!!: Correct tree guesses!

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Frightening the first years? How about sixth years too? Kurumi was not the biggest fan of Acromantulas...or spiders in general. So, sorry Professor Disrespectful, Spike was frightening some sixth years too.

At the woman's next question, Kurumi glanced over at Vickers for a moment to smile. He really was brilliant and needed to break out of his shell and realize it. Kurumi then cocked her head to the side and looked down at her own wand before raising her hand. "Holly?" she asked. Her own wand was made from holly and she remembered some Celtic lore regarding the tree. Best guess she had at the moment anyway.

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

Nodding weakly at what was said. It sure had some new information, but could she memorize them all. That was the question! Cassia was looking forward to skip the talking part and get to the doing part. Well, she knew they needed to talk before getting to work. But still...

Considering the question, Cassia didn't know what exactly the kinds of wood the Professor meant. But with the generous hint she raised her hand, "Is Ash wood one of them?" She suggested.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Penelope was a first year, but she wasn't really frightened by the one guy mentioning Acromantulas. They were just big spiders, apparently? Eh. Not that scary sounding to her. But anyway.

So Ogham Staves were sticks? Like wands and stuff? Sort of? But with the Celtic alphabet - what was the difference between that alphabet and the normal one? - carved on them? Hm. But now they were naming off wood? And could use the one that their wands were made of? Well, that made answering this easier...

...if Penelope could remember what the shopkeeper had said hers was.

Hm.

Hmm.

Oh yeah!

"Oak?" she asked/answered, raising her hand.

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Originally Posted by Macavity

Gideon was chosing to ignore the talk of acromantulas, instead hoping the fact it was daylight rather then dusk or night would be a deterant for anything that they really needed to worry about. The prefect listening to what was being discussed and simply paying attention seeing as he wasn't sure of anything in regards to the topic at hand. However when the question was asked on woods that might be useful, the Gryffindor decided to give it a try, thinking back onto types of wand wood.

"Perhaps apple would be used..." he offered after raising his hand so he could answer. Hadn't there been something between fruit trees and divination in the books they had had access to to create their 'wands' a few terms before?

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

A small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. He got it right! Better yet Professor ~~Hotstuff~~ Elwood was happy he got it right. As she moved to the rest of the student's answers his line of vision cleared to show Kurumi just across the way, smiling at him. He tried to muster a return smile, but he could feel his face heating up and shyly shifted his eyes away. Just in time too, there was another question....

Up goes the hand again "Professor, there's also Hazel wood." he remembered that one pretty distinctly, as it was the kind of wood he worked on in their Runes class from last term

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Hearing that she was very good on both accounts made Nerida grin. She had read the book while at the Hospital when her mother was with a muggle healer or were they called doctors in the muggle world. Big huge spiders, eep the Prefect was kinda scaring her! Sure she had made fun of Professor Elwood but now she took it all back now that the Prefect was making it more frightening.

At the mention of the Professor's newest question it made Nerida look down at her own wand. Her wand was made out of wood she was about to suggest oak when Penelope did it first. Hmm what were other woods looking around she saw a Blackthorn tree. There could be chance that it was the wood. Giving it a chance, "Is Blackthorn one? she suggested after raising her hand.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa listened as the Professor explained what Ogham Staves were and how they were used. Then Professor Elwood asked the class what types of trees could be used in the Ogham Staves reading. Alyssa thought of the various tree wood that were used in Wands and waited as the others gave their answers before she raised her hand to give her answer.

"I remember reading that the wood of the Rowan tree is long known for aid and protection against enchantments. Could that be used as one of the Ogham Staves?"

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Originally Posted by Cassandra

Taylor thought about what the teacher said and then about the different woods. She listen to a few of the students as well and raised her hand, "If I am not mistaken, Professor, couldn't the Elder tree be used?" She knew that was an important wood in her heritage so why not give it a shot and she might of heard it somewhere in some history book but then again history wasnt her strong suit.

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

"Birch wood?" put in Sarah. She meanwhile wrote down all what the professor had said about the Ogham type of divanition. This tree stuff did sound 'BARKING' mad...

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel did not know that this many types of trees existed. But now he had to think of a type of tree. He did know a little about Wandlore to help him out. Plus he did not care if his answer was already said.

"Professor, is one type Yew?"

"Excellent examples!" Professor Elwood exclaimed as the majority of the class was able to name a wood type used in the Ogham style of Divination. Although the fact that a few were used in wandlore certainly helped. She ruffled in her bag and began to search for the sheets of parchment she would pass out after answering the other kids who had guessed woods that weren't on the list.

SPOILER!!: Woods not on the list

"Unforunately Spruce, Cherry, and Sycamore woods are not used in Ogham Stave readings despite their use in wandlore. Sorry guys. Good guesses though." Professor Elwood finally found the parchments for the next part of the lesson and was ready to move on.

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"Now you all named about half of the woods but there are still some others, a few you might not think would count but they do." She checked her parchment and then proceeded to tell them the rest. "Alder, Willow, Hawthorn, Fir, Gorse, Heather," she then pulled out three large tins from her bag filled with sticks like the one she had just showed them, "Vine, Reed, and Ivy." Callie said as she pointed to each of the three tins in response to the last three 'woods'. "These three I had to bring because they tend to be thinner in the wild and need to be dried before being used."

The blonde Professor flicked her wand and sent a parchment to each student with all the wood names, their signals and the characteristics for the reading.

SPOILER!!: Parchment

Once a parchment had landed in the hands of each kid, Professor Elwood stood up and waved her wand around the tree walls of the clearing and marked each tree with a sign that said what they were, also sending a tag to the three in the tins. “Alright everyone, let’s go ahead and begin to collect your twenty pieces of wood, one from each of the tree types, and then return to the center of the clearing where we will start to carve our symbols.” And with that she released them to start working.

OCC: Go ahead and START collecting the wood you don’t have to, or even finish in one post this is supposed to take a few posts I would like everyone to have at least 3 posts of collecting and then we will move on with carving once I say so. Also I know I didn't really label trees but lets pretend okay? Thanks!

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PadfootAndTheWolf formerly: DanialRadFAN01 Bicorn Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On SS of course! Posts: 16,990 Hogwarts RPG Name: Kiera Burton x6	Gaga Mafia Monster : MURPHY : Kelvin's SS!BFAM : Roro's Evil Twin : Ravlyndor : Gopher SPOILER!!: Correct tree guesses! Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Frightening the first years? How about sixth years too? Kurumi was not the biggest fan of Acromantulas...or spiders in general. So, sorry Professor Disrespectful, Spike was frightening some sixth years too. At the woman's next question, Kurumi glanced over at Vickers for a moment to smile. He really was brilliant and needed to break out of his shell and realize it. Kurumi then cocked her head to the side and looked down at her own wand before raising her hand. "Holly?" she asked. Her own wand was made from holly and she remembered some Celtic lore regarding the tree. Best guess she had at the moment anyway. Quote: Originally Posted by the fastest seeker Nodding weakly at what was said. It sure had some new information, but could she memorize them all. That was the question! Cassia was looking forward to skip the talking part and get to the doing part. Well, she knew they needed to talk before getting to work. But still... Considering the question, Cassia didn't know what exactly the kinds of wood the Professor meant. But with the generous hint she raised her hand, "Is Ash wood one of them?" She suggested. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Penelope was a first year, but she wasn't really frightened by the one guy mentioning Acromantulas. They were just big spiders, apparently? Eh. Not that scary sounding to her. But anyway. So Ogham Staves were sticks? Like wands and stuff? Sort of? But with the Celtic alphabet - what was the difference between that alphabet and the normal one? - carved on them? Hm. But now they were naming off wood? And could use the one that their wands were made of? Well, that made answering this easier... ...if Penelope could remember what the shopkeeper had said hers was. Hm. Hmm. Oh yeah! "Oak?" she asked/answered, raising her hand. Quote: Originally Posted by Macavity Gideon was chosing to ignore the talk of acromantulas, instead hoping the fact it was daylight rather then dusk or night would be a deterant for anything that they really needed to worry about. The prefect listening to what was being discussed and simply paying attention seeing as he wasn't sure of anything in regards to the topic at hand. However when the question was asked on woods that might be useful, the Gryffindor decided to give it a try, thinking back onto types of wand wood. "Perhaps apple would be used..." he offered after raising his hand so he could answer. Hadn't there been something between fruit trees and divination in the books they had had access to to create their 'wands' a few terms before? Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen A small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. He got it right! Better yet Professor ~~Hotstuff~~ Elwood was happy he got it right. As she moved to the rest of the student's answers his line of vision cleared to show Kurumi just across the way, smiling at him. He tried to muster a return smile, but he could feel his face heating up and shyly shifted his eyes away. Just in time too, there was another question.... Up goes the hand again "Professor, there's also Hazel wood." he remembered that one pretty distinctly, as it was the kind of wood he worked on in their Runes class from last term Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Hearing that she was very good on both accounts made Nerida grin. She had read the book while at the Hospital when her mother was with a muggle healer or were they called doctors in the muggle world. Big huge spiders, eep the Prefect was kinda scaring her! Sure she had made fun of Professor Elwood but now she took it all back now that the Prefect was making it more frightening. At the mention of the Professor's newest question it made Nerida look down at her own wand. Her wand was made out of wood she was about to suggest oak when Penelope did it first. Hmm what were other woods looking around she saw a Blackthorn tree. There could be chance that it was the wood. Giving it a chance, "Is Blackthorn one? she suggested after raising her hand. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa listened as the Professor explained what Ogham Staves were and how they were used. Then Professor Elwood asked the class what types of trees could be used in the Ogham Staves reading. Alyssa thought of the various tree wood that were used in Wands and waited as the others gave their answers before she raised her hand to give her answer. "I remember reading that the wood of the Rowan tree is long known for aid and protection against enchantments. Could that be used as one of the Ogham Staves?" Quote: Originally Posted by Cassandra Taylor thought about what the teacher said and then about the different woods. She listen to a few of the students as well and raised her hand, "If I am not mistaken, Professor, couldn't the Elder tree be used?" She knew that was an important wood in her heritage so why not give it a shot and she might of heard it somewhere in some history book but then again history wasnt her strong suit. Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower "Birch wood?" put in Sarah. She meanwhile wrote down all what the professor had said about the Ogham type of divanition. This tree stuff did sound 'BARKING' mad... Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel did not know that this many types of trees existed. But now he had to think of a type of tree. He did know a little about Wandlore to help him out. Plus he did not care if his answer was already said. "Professor, is one type Yew?" "Excellent examples!" Professor Elwood exclaimed as the majority of the class was able to name a wood type used in the Ogham style of Divination. Although the fact that a few were used in wandlore certainly helped. She ruffled in her bag and began to search for the sheets of parchment she would pass out after answering the other kids who had guessed woods that weren't on the list. SPOILER!!: Woods not on the list Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow So her suggestion hadn't been that far fetched? Wicked. Ella was usually rubbish with this Divination stuff so to be anywhere even close to correct was a major score. The second year listened, trying not to become too preoccupied with the noises of the forest. She still had her wand in hand though, and was gripping it rather tightly. Had to be prepared for anything, yeah? ...though hopefully no ~~blast-ended skrewts~~ scary creatures would be joining them during this lesson... Hmm...one type of tree...and one that would also be used in wandlore? Well Ella's wand was spruce so.."Professor, would spruce be one?" Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory listened to the Professor as she explained what the staves were used for and the students, who started listing a tree each. He raised his hand after Alyssa. "Professor, can Cherry be one?'' he asked. Quote: Originally Posted by Poolicious So Ogham Staves not a person? Okay. He made a mental note about that. Thank Merlin he didn't humiliate himself by answering the previous question. And apparently it was used by the ancient Celtic diviners using sticks and bits of wood. Another ancient lesson. Sigh. He tried to listened to Professor explanation about the Ogham thingy. The same type of trees for wood that would be in some of your all's wands? What type of wood his wand was again? Scymymore. Scacamore. Soramore. Sycamore. That's it. He raised his hand up in the air. "How about Sycamore wood, Professor?" "Unforunately Spruce, Cherry, and Sycamore woods are not used in Ogham Stave readings despite their use in wandlore. Sorry guys. Good guesses though." Professor Elwood finally found the parchments for the next part of the lesson and was ready to move on. ------------------------ "Now you all named about half of the woods but there are still some others, a few you might not think would count but they do." She checked her parchment and then proceeded to tell them the rest. "Alder, Willow, Hawthorn, Fir, Gorse, Heather," she then pulled out three large tins from her bag filled with sticks like the one she had just showed them, "Vine, Reed, and Ivy." Callie said as she pointed to each of the three tins in response to the last three 'woods'. "These three I had to bring because they tend to be thinner in the wild and need to be dried before being used." The blonde Professor flicked her wand and sent a parchment to each student with all the wood names, their signals and the characteristics for the reading. SPOILER!!: Parchment - Birch (B) Beithe [Beginning, Renewal, Youth] - Rowan (L) Lewis [Connection, Expression, Protection] - Alder (F) Fern [Endurance, Strength, Passion] - Willow (S) Sail [Imagination, Intuition, Vision] - Ash (N) Nion [Connection, Wisdom, Surrender] - Hawthorn (H) Hauth [Contradiction, Consequence, Relationships) - Oak (D) Duir [Strength, Nobility, Stability] - Holly (T) Tinne [Action, Assertion, Objectivity] - Hazel (C) Coll [Creativity, Purity, Honesty) - Apple (Q) Quert [Beauty, Love, Generosity] - Vine (M) Muin [Introspection, Relaxation, Depth] - Ivy (G) Gort [Determination, Change, Patience] - Reed (NG) Ngetal [Harmony, Health, Growth] - Blackthorn (STR) Straif [Discipline, Control, Perspective] - Elder (R) Ruis [Transition, Evolution, Continuation] - Fir (A) Alim [Clarity, Achievement, Energy] - Gorse (O) Onn [Transmutation, Resourcefulness, Exposure] - Heather (U) Urr [Dream, Romance, Feelings] – Poplar (E) Edad [Victory, Transformation, Vision] – Yew (I) Idad [Transference, Passage, Illusion] Once a parchment had landed in the hands of each kid, Professor Elwood stood up and waved her wand around the tree walls of the clearing and marked each tree with a sign that said what they were, also sending a tag to the three in the tins. “Alright everyone, let’s go ahead and begin to collect your twenty pieces of wood, one from each of the tree types, and then return to the center of the clearing where we will start to carve our symbols.” And with that she released them to start working. OCC: Go ahead and START collecting the wood you don’t have to, or even finish in one post this is supposed to take a few posts I would like everyone to have at least 3 posts of collecting and then we will move on with carving once I say so. Also I know I didn't really label trees but lets pretend okay? Thanks! Last edited by PadfootAndTheWolf; 07-14-2012 at 07:09 PM.