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"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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- "Harry had already attempted a few of the Prince’s self-invented spells. There had been a hex that caused toenails to grow alarmingly fast (he had tried this on Crabbe in the corridor, with very entertaining results)"
- — Harry Potter's use of a toenail-growing hex[src]
Toenails are nails that grow on a human's feet.[3]
History[]
Toenails could be used as the human component of the Polyjuice Potion.[2]
At some point in the late 1970s, Severus Snape invented a hex that made toenails grow faster, whilst he was a Slytherin student at Hogwarts.[1][4]
In 1996, after discovering Snape's personal copy of Advanced Potion-Making, Harry Potter learnt about this hex from Snape's book along with other spells, and used it on his enemy Vincent Crabbe in a school corridor, to great success.[1]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)
- Pottermore (First appearance)
- Harry Potter (website)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12 (Silver and Opals)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Polyjuice Potion" at Harry Potter (website)
- ↑
Toenail on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)