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Mint humbugs, or Peppermint humbugs (also known as "Everton Mints" after the Liverpool suburb which is one place they were made), is a peppermint-flavoured Muggle confectionery, often eaten in winter, given the fact that many people get colds and Tonsillitis. They have a distinctive black-and-white striped pattern on them.[3]
History[]
Rubeus Hagrid, a half-giant, Keeper of Keys and Grounds and Care of Magical Creatures Professor with very little knowledge of Muggles, owned a few mint humbugs which he kept in the pocket in his moleskin overcoat.[4]
During the Welcoming Feast at Hogwarts in 1991, a bowl of mint humbugs were part of the main course.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- The props used in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child had the name of the sweet stylized as "peppermint hum-bugs".[2]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey
- Pottermore
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey
- ↑
Humbug (sweet) on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)
