Didymus looked at her 10 1/4", Yew wand with a single Raven feather as its core. The shopkeeper at the old wand shop in France hadn't told her that Yew symbolized death and sorrow. The Ravenclaw shrugged her shoulders, "If it was a bad thing I'm sure he would have said something," she whispered to herself. After quickly writing down notes about the different kinds of woods, she picked up her wand and examined it closer, polishing it once or twice with her robes.