![]() ![]() Harry Potter is full of them: Riddikulus, Obliviat, Alohomora etc.Nickety Nacketty Noo Noo Noo by Joy Cowley, in which the spell is in the title.Alison Lurie, Don’t Tell The Grownups: The subversive power of children’s literature 1920s Magic poster ‘Brush The Mystic The Hindu Basket’ Examples of Magic Words and Spells As they grow older and more competent linguistically they become impatient with such tales they learn that the magic spell doesn’t always work and that words don’t always mean what they seem to mean. Small children like simple, repetitive rhymes and games, just as they like repetitive or cumulative folktales such as The Gingerbread Man. From this experience, surely, comes the power of magic words and spells in fairytales. ![]() Though we all once experienced it, it is hard now to picture the immense thrill of power we must have felt the first time we cried “Mommy!” or “Cookie!” and saw what we desired appear. ![]() For all of her life she has been inarticulate - she wants something, but all she can do is cry or say “Uh, uh, uh!” Then, somehow, the purpose of speech is revealed to her, and after what must be a tremendous struggle, the power of speech. Imagine a baby on the verge of learning to speak. The Symbolism of Trains In Literature | SLAP HAPPY LARRY The Witch of Hissing Hill by Mary Calhoun, illustrated by Janet McCaffery (1964) Where Do Magic Words Come From? ![]()
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