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Goodie Whemper

2024-04-07T17:28:59Z

Cocershay:

A witch in the village of [[Mad Stoat]], [[Lancre]].

She was known for her unusually scientific methods of testing and recording results, mainly in the fields of pharmacology and the uses of [[herbs]]. The cottage in Mad Stoat had a vast library for the region, as many as twelve books. This sort of literacy was rare in Lancre, and greatly mistrusted by [[Granny Weatherwax]] (a witch of few words, and fewer written down). Goodie may have inspired the term ''research witch''. She was the mentor of the young [[Magrat Garlick]], later Queen of Lancre.

Goodie Whemper died somewhat prematurely, for a witch, as the result of another experiment to determine if her [[Broomstick|broom]] could remain airborne if you pulled out the bristles one by one whilst in flight. According to the [[Quoth|raven]] she had trained to act as the in-flight black box recorder the answer was 'no'. Magrat, and later [[Agnes Nitt]], succeeded her in the cottage.

One of Goodie's research triumphs was discovering the ideal apple and ''just'' the right size of paring knife to be used in the classic spell to discover who you will marry, ie the one where you peel an apple in one long unbroken strip, throw the peel backwards over your right shoulder with the left hand, and then look to assess whose initials it spells. Unless a Golden Billet is peeled with a two inch paring knife no wider than half an inch, the loved one's name will invariably be SCSSSC.

It can also be inferred that Goodie Whemper was a vegan from the exchange between Magrat and Granny Weatherwax in Wyrd Sisters when they're doing the spell the way Goodie would have done it and Magrat refuses to allow any animal products into the cauldron, saying "You know Goodie was against all unnecessary cruelty. Vegetable protein is a perfectly acceptable substitute" referring to the lentils and whole wheat she had just added.

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Familiar

2024-04-07T10:55:56Z

Cocershay:

{{wp|Familiar spirit|'''Familiars'''}} have not featured among the Discworld Witches, with the exception of occasional assistance from Nanny Ogg's [[Greebo]], until the accounts of {{TSC}}. Here we find two extraordinary and apparently magical animal helpers: [[Geoffrey Swivel]]'s exceptional goat, [[Mephistopheles]], and Granny Weatherwax's cat [[You]], which shows the ability to travel long distances in very short times to transmit subliminal messages.
In {{WS}}, the older witches despair of the sheer number of times [[Magrat Garlick]] was persuaded by various [[Dibbler]]-inclined salespeople to buy dubious familiars of various species. However, she did once acquire an interesting [[Om|tortoise]] billed as a sentient living rock, which according to Granny Weatherwax "makes 15 this year, not counting the horse". Before the tortoise (which she named Lightfoot), Magrat had a toad but it "wandered off" and "anyway it wasn't very good".

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Familiar

2024-04-07T10:53:42Z

Cocershay:

{{wp|Familiar spirit|'''Familiars'''}} have not featured among the Discworld Witches, with the exception of occasional assistance from Nanny Ogg's [[Greebo]], until the accounts of {{TSC}}. Here we find two extraordinary and apparently magical animal helpers: [[Geoffrey Swivel]]'s exceptional goat, [[Mephistopheles]], and Granny Weatherwax's cat [[You]], which shows the ability to travel long distances in very short times to transmit subliminal messages.
In {{WS}}, the older witches despair of the sheer number of times [[Magrat Garlick]] was persuaded by various [[Dibbler]]-inclined salespeople to buy dubious familiars of various species. However, she did once acquire an interesting [[Om|tortoise]] billed as a sentient living rock, which according to Granny Weatherwax "makes 15 this year, not counting the horse". Before the tortoise, Magrat had a toad but it "wandered off" and "anyway it wasn't very good".

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