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'''Queerditch Marsh''' was the location where [[Quidditch]] (known then as Kwidditch) evolved. In the eleventh century, local resident [[Gertie Keddle]] recorded in her [[Gertie Keddle's diary|diary]] the antics of [[wizards]] and [[witches]] playing a [[broomstick]] mounted game. Her diary revealed the presence of a leather ball (an early [[Quaffle]]), flying rocks (early [[Bludgers]]), and the idea of passing the leather ball to each other, then trying to score points by throwing the ball into the trees at the end of the marsh.
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'''Queerditch Marsh''' was the location where [[Kwidditch]] (a primitive form of Quidditch) evolved. In the eleventh century, local resident [[Gertie Keddle]] recorded in her [[Gertie Keddle's diary|diary]] the antics of [[wizards]] and [[witches]] playing a [[broomstick]] mounted game. Her diary revealed the presence of a leather ball (an early [[Quaffle]]), flying rocks (early [[Bludgers]]), and the idea of passing the leather ball to each other, then trying to score points by throwing the ball into the trees at the end of the marsh.
   
 
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Revision as of 21:06, 30 September 2008

Queerditch Marsh was the location where Kwidditch (a primitive form of Quidditch) evolved. In the eleventh century, local resident Gertie Keddle recorded in her diary the antics of wizards and witches playing a broomstick mounted game. Her diary revealed the presence of a leather ball (an early Quaffle), flying rocks (early Bludgers), and the idea of passing the leather ball to each other, then trying to score points by throwing the ball into the trees at the end of the marsh.

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