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- "I don't understand that bit about the garlic, do they have to eat it or...?"
- — Neville to Harry about vampires and garlic[src]
Garlic is a plant related to the onion, used as a food substance and for medicinal purposes.[6] It was also used to ward off Dark creatures; in particular, vampires were known to be averse to the plant,[2][3] as it could be fatal to them if ingested in large quantities.[5]
History[]
Quirinus Quirrell's classroom, as well as his turban, were said to smell strongly of garlic, which many students believed was to protect against a vampire Quirrell claimed to have met on his travels in Romania.[2] Fred and George Weasley were known to brandish cloves of garlic at Harry Potter during the 1992–1993 school year to poke fun at the fact that many of the students believed him to be the Heir of Slytherin.[4]
In the 1993–1994 school year, during a chance meeting at the statue in front of the One-Eyed Witch Passage, Neville Longbottom discussed a essay on vampires assigned by Professor Lupin with Harry Potter for Defence Against the Dark Arts. He stated that he did not understand "that thing about the garlic" at all, wondering if they had to eat it.[3] In 1995, a vampire was almost killed after an "overdose" of garlic bread, an event reported in the Daily Prophet.[5]
On 8 February 1999, an advertisement for the Society for the Tolerance of Vampires was published in the Daily Prophet, asking for someone with allergy to garlic to run their head office in London.[7] Ron Weasley once told Harry's daughter Lily L. Potter that his breath may have smelt of garlic, only to be told by Lily that it smelt of porridge.[8]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (GBC version)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (GBC version)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - GBC version
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 14 (Snape's Grudge)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (see this image and this image)
- ↑
Garlic on Wikipedia
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, Issue 2
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act One, Scene Two
