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{{Potion infobox
The '''Girding Potion''' is a [[potion]] that gives the consumer extra endurance.
 
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|name=Girding Potion
 
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|image=[[File:Girding Potion.jpg|250px]]
==Ingredients==
 
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|effect=Gives the consumer extra endurance
*[[Dragonfly Thoraxes]]
 
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|side-effects=
*[[Faries wings]]
 
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|characteristics=Golden colour
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|time=
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|difficulty=
 
|ingredients=*[[Dragonfly thorax]]es
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*[[Fairy]] [[Fairy wing|wing]]s
 
*[[Flying Seahorses]]
 
*[[Flying Seahorses]]
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*[[Doxy]] [[Doxy egg|egg]]s
*[[Doxies Eggs]]
 
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|inventor=
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}}
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{{Quote|And this leaves you with the Girding Potion which may be consumed to increase one's endurance for a considerable number of weeks. I do warn those of you who wish to experiment with this potion that the maximum dosage is no more than two of these vials.|[[Severus Snape]].|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)}}
 
The '''Girding Potion''' is a [[Potion]] that gives the consumer extra endurance. It presumably has a rather foul odour, as [[Hermione Granger]] noted when making it in [[1996]].
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==History==
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This is a potion learned in third year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. Professor Snape had his class brew this potion.
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==Brewing instructions==
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The following recipe can be used to successfully make the Girding Potion<ref>See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-kzTbcYnk&playnext=1&list=PL9BC88FCAA7CC3D63&feature=results_video this video]</ref>:
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#Add one set of fairy wings.
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#Heat until the potion turns turquoise.
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#Add one measure of doxy eggs.
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#Heat until the potion turns pink.
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#Add the toasted dragonfly thoraxes until the potion turns red.
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#Heat until the potion turns blue.
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#Add toasted dragonfly thoraxes until the potion turns silver.
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#Heat the potion until it turns red.
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#Add three measures of doxy eggs.
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#Add some dragonfly thoraxes.
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#Heat the potion until it turns blue.
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#Add three flying seahorses.
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#Heat until the potion turns green.
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==Etymology==
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From the English "to gird" which can mean one of three things: to encircle or bind with a belt or band; to surround, enclose or hem in; to prepare oneself for action<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gird "To gird", Definition]</ref>. The latter is probably the intended meaning, a reference to its effects.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Potions}}
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{{Potions Club}}
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[[pl:Eliksir gotowości]]
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[[es:Poción de la resistencia]]
 
[[Category:Potions]]
 
[[Category:Potions]]

Revision as of 13:57, 28 November 2015

"And this leaves you with the Girding Potion which may be consumed to increase one's endurance for a considerable number of weeks. I do warn those of you who wish to experiment with this potion that the maximum dosage is no more than two of these vials."
Severus Snape.[src]

The Girding Potion is a Potion that gives the consumer extra endurance. It presumably has a rather foul odour, as Hermione Granger noted when making it in 1996.

History

This is a potion learned in third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Professor Snape had his class brew this potion.

Brewing instructions

The following recipe can be used to successfully make the Girding Potion[1]:

  1. Add one set of fairy wings.
  2. Heat until the potion turns turquoise.
  3. Add one measure of doxy eggs.
  4. Heat until the potion turns pink.
  5. Add the toasted dragonfly thoraxes until the potion turns red.
  6. Heat until the potion turns blue.
  7. Add toasted dragonfly thoraxes until the potion turns silver.
  8. Heat the potion until it turns red.
  9. Add three measures of doxy eggs.
  10. Add some dragonfly thoraxes.
  11. Heat the potion until it turns blue.
  12. Add three flying seahorses.
  13. Heat until the potion turns green.

Etymology

From the English "to gird" which can mean one of three things: to encircle or bind with a belt or band; to surround, enclose or hem in; to prepare oneself for action[2]. The latter is probably the intended meaning, a reference to its effects.

Appearances

Notes and references

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Professors Bartholomew · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Swoopstikes · Unnamed Professor (16th century) · Aesop Sharp (19th century) · Unnamed Professor (2021)
Textbooks A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery · Advanced Potion-Making · Ingredient Encyclopedia · Magical Drafts and Potions · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
Potions studied at Hogwarts
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Potions Club
Potions Club HBPG
Members
Harry Potter · Hufflepuff girl · Horace Slughorn (possibly)
Potions
Antidote to Common Poisons · Cure for Boils · Dragon dung fertiliser · Draught of Living Death · Draught of Peace · Elixir to Induce Euphoria · Girding Potion · Love Potion Antidote · Oculus Potion · Polyjuice Potion · Shrinking Solution · Stamina Game · Volubilis Potion · Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes Love Potion · Wiggenweld Potion · Wit-Sharpening Potion
Badges
Last Gasp Badge · Master Potioneer Badge · Messiest Mixer Badge · Potions Beginner's Luck Badge · Potions Club Member Badge · Potions Club Star Badge · Potions Club Veteran Badge · Potions Endurance Badge · Smoky Brewer Badge · Speedy Brewer Badge
Locations
Hogwarts greenhouses