The Harry Potter Menagerie
Arnold- Purple pygmy puff belonging to Ginny Weasley
Aragog- Giant spider living in the Forbidden Forest
Binky- Pet rabbit of Lavender Brown
Buckbeak- Hippogriff
Crookshanks- Pet cat of Hermione
Errol- Elderly owl belonging to the Weasley clan
Fang- Pet boarhound of Hagrid
Fawkes- Pet phoenix of Albus Dumbledore
Firenze- Centaur
Fluffy- Three headed dog that guarded the vault housing the Philosopher’s Stone
Hedwig- Harry Potter’s snowy owl
Hermes- Percy Weasley’s owl
Mr Paws, Snowy, Tibbles and Tufty- Pet cats of Arabella Figg
Mrs Norris- Feline companion of Atticus Finch
Nagini- Giant snake, pet of Lord Voldemort
Norbert- Norwegian ridgeback dragon
Pigwigeon- Owl belonging to Ron Weasley
Scabbers- Pet rat of Ron Weasley revealed as the animagus of Peter Pettigrew
Trevor- Pet toad of Neville Longbottom
Sub-titles of Famous Novels
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Tom Sawyer’s Comrade
Animal Farm- A Fairy Story
Barnaby Rudge- A Tale of the Riots of Eighty
Black Arrow- A Tale of Two Roses
Black Beauty- The Autobiography of a Horse
Brideshead Revisited- The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Bridget Jones (the sequel) – The Edge of Reason
David Copperfield- The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield
Frankenstein- Or the Modern Prometheus
The Hobbit- There and Back Again
Lorna Doone- A Romance of Exmoor
The Mayor of Casterbridge- A Story of a Man of Character
Moby Dick- The White Whale
Oliver Twist- The Parish Boy’s Progress
The Prince and the Pauper- A Tale for Young People of all Ages
Roots- The Saga of an American Family
Tess of the D’Urbervilles- A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Life Among the Lowly
Vanity Fair- A Novel without a Hero
The Water Babies- A Fairy Tale for a Land
Baby
Opening Chapters of Novels
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland- Down the Rabbit Hole
Anne of Green Gables- Mrs Rachel Lynde is Surprised
Black Beauty- My Early Home
The Canterbury Tales- The Knight’s Tale
The Count of Monte Cristo- Marseilles- The Arrival
David Copperfield- I Am Born
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- The Boy Who Lived
HP & the Chamber of Secrets- The Worst Birthday
HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban- Owl Post
HP & the Goblet of Fire- The Riddle House
HP & the Order of the Phoenix- Dudley Demented
HP & the Half Blood Prince- The Other Minister
Little Women- Playing Pilgrims
Lord of the Flies- The Sound of the Shell
Lorna Doone- Elements of Education
Peter Pan- Peter Breaks Through
The Secret Garden- There is No One Left
Sons and Lovers- The Early Married Life of the Morels
White Fang- The Trail of the Meat
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- The Cyclone
Working Titles of Novels
Catch 22- Catch 18
David Copperfield- The Copperfield Disclosures
East of Eden- The Salinas Valley
For Whom the Bell Tolls- The Undiscovered Country
Gone with the Wind- Baa Baa Black Sheep
The Great Gatsby- The High Bouncing Lover
Hard Times- Mr Gradgrind’s Facts
Jaws- The Summer of the Shark
Lady Chatterley’s Lover- Tenderness
The Mill on the Floss- Sister Maggie
Moby Dick- The Whale
Mrs Dalloway- The Hours (filmed under this title)
1984- The Last Man in Europe
Roots- Before This Anger
Sense and Sensibility- Elinor and Marianne
The Time Machine- The Chronic Argonauts
Treasure Island- The Sea Cook
Ulysses- Mr Hunter’s Day
Valley of the Dolls- They Don’t Build Statues to Businessmen
War and Peace- All’s Well That Ends Well
Derivations of Words and Sayings
Baker’s dozen- In the Middle Ages, bakers
were issued with severe penalties for giving customers short weights. As a
result they counted up to thirteen when selling a dozen items ensuring that the
goods sold were not underweight.
Bonfire- Originally a bonefire, a large fire
for destroying bones and other refuse
Clink- Slang word for prison deriving from a
prison on Clink Street in Southwark
Close but no cigar- Early American slot
machines gave cigars as prizes instead of money. Therefore punters that narrowly
missed winning were close but no cigar
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth- The age
of a horse is determined by examining its teeth. It was deemed impolite if
people receiving a horse as a gift checked its teeth.
Freelance- Derives from medieval knights who
did not charge for their services
Frog in the throat- In medieval times, frogs
were placed in the mouths of patients with sore throats as it was believed that
frog saliva had soothing qualities
Give the cold shoulder- Unwelcome guests were
given cold meat from the shoulders of animals, generally the worst cut
Honeymoon- In Babylonia the father of a bride
provided his son-in-law with copious quantities of mead, a honey based drink.
This practice lasted a month and was known as the honey month.
Mad as a hatter- Makers of hats were said to suffer from mental instability caused by inhaling mercury nitrate used in the manufacture of hats
One over the eight- In days of yore hosts
limited their house guests to eight glasses of beer as nine glasses was thought
to induce unruly and boisterous behaviour
Pundit- Meaning an expert, the word derives
from the Sanskrit word “pandita” meaning learned
Put a sock in it- Early gramophone players
had no volume control. In order to muffle the sound a sock was sometimes stuffed
into the trumpet speaker
Salary- Derives from the Latin “salarium”
meaning salt money. Roman soldiers were paid in salt
Scapegoat- Derives from the Bible when goats
were banished into the wilderness for the sins of their owners
Settle down- A settle was an old name for a
bench. It is believed that the word settee derives from settle
Take a rain check- When early baseball games
were abandoned due to inclement weather, spectators were issued with vouchers
for future fixtures
Tieing the knot- Early bed frames used ropes
as opposed to mattresses. To make the marital bed one had to tie the knot
Upper crust- The man of the house and special
guests were given the top or upper crust of freshly baked loaves. The servants
of the household received the bottom of the loaf which was usually burnt
Wet your whistle- In early drinking taverns, drinking vessels had a whistle baked into their rims in order to attract a barman’s attention when a refill was needed
Your name is mud- The phrase for an unpopular person deriving from the name of Dr Samuel Mudd, the physician who treated the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth shortly after he had shot Abraham Lincoln
Collectively Speaking
An ambush of widows
A belt of asteroids
A bench of judges
A blast of hunters
A blessing of unicorns
A cache of jewels
A cavalcade of horsemen
A carillon of bells
A chain of islands
A clump of trees
A clutch of eggs
A company of actors
A conclave of cardinals
A conflagration of arsonists
A converting of preachers
A convoy of lorries
A cortege of mourners
A coven of witches
A den of thieves
A disguising of tailors
A flotilla of ships
A gathering of clans
A herd of fairies
A host of angels
A huddle of lawyers
A neverthriving of jugglers
A nucleus of physicists
An observance of hermits
A pity of prisoners
A ponder of philosophers
A poverty of pipers
A prudence of vicars
A quiver of arrows
A rout of knights
A shuffle of bureaucrats
A slew of homework
A superfluity of nuns
A tabernacle of bakers
A thought of barons
Foreign Words & Meanings
Bidet- Small horse
Blitzkrieg- Lightning war
Bourgeois- Town dweller
Cenotaph- Empty tomb
Déjà vu- Already seen
Esperanto- One who hopes
Eureka- I have found it
Fido- I trust
Glasnost- Openness
Jihad- Conflict
Kibbutz- Gathering
Kiosk- Pavilion
Kremlin- Citadel
Ludo- I play
Safari- Travel or journey
Sputnik- Fellow traveller
Stiletto- Little dagger
Taliban- Student
Tsunami- Harbour wave
Ukulele- Jumping flea
The Greek Alphabet
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu,
Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega
30 Words Derived from the Greek Alphabet
Alphabet
Amnesia
Asteroid
Bicycle
Category
Chaos
Dinosaur
Dynasty
Echo
Economy
Gorilla
Gymnasium
Harmony
Hymn
Hysteria
Idea
Mania
Mechanic
Monarchy
Nemesis
Ocean
Orgy
Panic
Parallel
Problem
Rhinoceros
Sarcasm
Statistic
Telephone
Zodiac
50 Commonly Mispelt (wrong)
Misspelt (right) words
Accommodate
Achievement
Appearance
Beautiful
Beneficial
Business
Calendar
Caribbean
Cemetery
Commemorate
Commission
Committee
Conceivable
Conscientious
Desiccated
Disappearance
Disappoint
Ecstasy
Embarrassed
Environment
February
Fluorescent
Grievous
Harassment
Independence
Laboratory
Legendary
Liaison
Likelihood
Loneliness
Mediterranean
Millennium
Mischievous
Necessary
Occasion
Occurrence
Opportunity
Perseverance
Prejudice
Psychology
Questionnaire
Remembrance
Rhythm
Sacrilegious
Sentence
Separate
Sincerely
Temperamental
Tomorrow
Weird
Added April 10, 2006
Opening Lines of Famous Novels
Around the World in Eighty Days- Mr Phileus Fogg lived in 1872 at No. 7 Saville Row, Burlington Garden
Black Beauty- The first place I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it
Catch 22- It was love at first sight
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-Most motor cars are conglomerations
A Christmas Carol- Marley was dead, to begin with
Dracula- 3 May, Bistritz. Left Munich at 8.35 PM on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- Mr Utterson the lawyer was a man of rugged countenance
Fahrenheit 451-It was a pleasure to burn
Far From the Madding Crowd-When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears
Goldfinger- James Bond with two double bourbons inside him sat back in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and death
Gone with the Wind- Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful
Great Expectations-My father's family name being Pirrip
Gulliver's Travels-My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire. I was the third of five sons
Ivanhoe- In that pleasant district of Merry England which is watered down by the River Don
Jane Eyre- There was no possibility of taking a walk that day
Jaws- The great fish moved silently through the night water
The Jungle Book-It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest
King Solomon's Mines- It is a curious thing, that at my age, fifty five last birthday, I should find myself taking up a pen to try and write a history
Lady Chatterley's Lover-Ours is essentially a tragic age ,so we refuse to take it tragically
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe- Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy
Little Women- "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents", grumbled Jo lying on the rug
Love Story-What can you say about a 25 year old girl who died?
Mansfield Park- About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram
Mary Poppins- If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane all you have to do is ask the policeman at the crossroads
Moby Dick -Call me Ishmael
Northanger Abbey-No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine
Our Mutual Friend- In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance with two figures in it, floated on the Thames
Peter Pan- All children except one, grow up
Pride and Prejudice- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife
The Prisoner of Zenda - " I wonder when in the world you're going to do anything with Rudolf", said my brother's wife
Robinson Crusoe-I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York
Rosemary's Baby-Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five room apartment
The Secret Garden- When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said that she was the most disagreeable looking child ever seen
Sense and Sensibility- The family of Dashwood had long since been settled in Sussex
Swiss Family Robinson-For days we had been tempest tossed
Tess of the d'Urbervilles-On an evening in the latter part of May, a middle aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlot
The Thorn Birds-On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday
Uncle Tom's Cabin- Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine
War and Peace- Well Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now no more than private estates of the Bonaparte family
The War of the Worlds-No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's yet as mortal as his own
The Water Babies- Once upon a time there was a little chimney sweep and his name was Tom
The Wind in the Willows- The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies
Wuthering Heights- 1801- I have just returned from a visit to my landlord
Animal Farm
Author- George Orwell
Synopsis- A satirical novel on the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism
Animals
Napoleon- Pig
Snowball- Pig
Old Major- Pig
Minimus- Pig
Squealer- Pig
Boxer- Horse
Clover- Horse
Mollie- Horse
Bluebell- Dog
Jesse- Dog
Moses- Raven
Benjamin- Donkey
Muriel- Goat
Farm Owners
Mr Jones owner of Manor Farm( Animal Farm)
Mr Frederick
Mr Pilkington
Characters represent
Napoleon- Josef Stalin
Snowball- Leon Trotsky
Old Major- Karl Marx
Mr Jones- Tsar Nicholas II
Mr Frederick- Adolf Hitler
Mr Pilkington- Winston Churchill
From Novel to TV
TV shows and the authors of the novel
All Creatures Great and Small- James Herriot
Black Beauty- Anna Sewell
Blott on the Landscape- Tom Sharpe
A Bouquet of Barbed Wire- Andrea Newman
Brideshead Revisited- Evelyn Waugh
Cadfael- Ellis Peters
Dalziel and Pascoe- Reginald Hill
The Darling Buds of May- HE Bates
Dr Finlay's Casebook- AJ Cronin
Dr Kildare- Max Brand
The Forsyte Saga- John Galsworthy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Douglas Adams
I Claudius- Robert Graves
Inspector Morse- Colin Dexter
Jewel in the Crown- Paul Scott
Jonathan Creek- David Renwick
Judge John Deed- GF Newman
Just William- Richmal Crompton
Little House on the Prairie- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lovejoy- Jonathan Gash
The Pallisers- Anthony Trollope
Perry Mason- Erle Stanley Gardner
Peyton Place- Grace Metalious
Poldark- Winston Graham
Rebus- Ian Rankin
Rumpole of the Bailey- John Mortimer
The Saint- Leslie Charteris
Sharpe- Bernard Cornwell
Shogun- James Clavell
Stig of the Dump- Clive King
The Thorn Birds- Colleen McCullough
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier , Spy- John le Carre
A Touch of Frost- RD Wingfield
Van der Valk- Nicholas Freeling
The Wombles- Elizabeth Beresford
Worzel Gummidge- Barbara Todd
Added Good Friday, 2006
20 Unusual Phobias
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
Aulophobia- Flutes
Basophobia- Walking
Blennophobia- Slime
Catoptrophobia- Mirrors
Chionophobia- Snow
Clinophobia- Going to bed
Cnidophobia- String
Didaskaleinophobia- School
Ereuthophobia- The colour red
Geliophobia- Laughter
Genuphobia- Knees
Homichlophobia- Fog
Lachanophobia- Vegetables
Metrophobia- Poetry
Ostraconophobia- Shellfish
Peladophobia- Bald people
Pogonophobia- Beards
Sciophobia- Shadows
What the Dickens
30 Wonderfully Named Dickensian Characters
Bayham Badger- Doctor in Bleak House
Mrs Billickin- Landlady in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Noddy Boffin- Servant in Our Mutual Friend
Josiah Bounderby- Mill owner in Hard Times
Sampson Brass- Lawyer in The Old Curiosity Shop
Serjeant Buzfuz- Magistrate in The Pickwick Papers
David Crimple- Pawnbroker in Martin Chuzzlewit
Vincent Crummles- Manager of a stage company in Nicholas Nickleby
Jerry Cruncher- Grave robber in A Tale of Two Cities
Daniel Doyce- Inventor in Little Dorritt
Jeremiah Flintwinch- Clerk in Little Dorritt
Theophile Gabelle- Servant in A Tale of Two Cities
Bradley Headstone- Teacher in Our Mutual Friend
Tim Linkinwater- Clerk in Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs MacStinger- Landlady in Dombey and Son
Abel Magwitch- Convict in Great Expectations
Seth Pecksniff- Surveyor in The Pickwick Papers
Daniel Peggotty- Fisherman in David Copperfield
Henrietta Petowker- Actress in Nicholas Nickleby
Daniel Quilp- Dwarf in The Old Curiosity Shop
Peg Sliderskew- Housekeeper in Nicholas Nickleby
Chevy Slyme- Policeman in Martin Chuzzlewit
Augustus Snodgrass- Member of the Pickwick Club in the Pickwick Papers
Wackford Squeers- Schoolmaster in Nicholas Nickleby
Paul Sweedlepipe- Barber in Martin Chuzzlewit
Simon Tappertit- Locksmith's apprentice in Barnaby Rudge
Montigue Tigg- Conman in Martin Chuzzlewit
Polly Toodle- Nurse in Dombey and Son
Tommy Traddles- Schoolboy in David Copperfield
Silas Wegg- Street vendor in Our Mutual Friend
Added May 8th , 2006
Quidditch Explained
Players per team- Seven- One goalkeeper, 3 chasers, two beaters, one seeker (Harry Potter's position)
Balls used- Four- Two Bludgers, One Quaffle, One Golden Snitch
Bludger- Black balls used to knock players from their broomsticks. The Bludgers are hit towards the opposition by Beaters
Quaffle- Red ball that scores points. The Chasers score 10 points when depositing the Quaffle between the posts
Golden Snitch- The Seeker gains 150 points for catching the Golden Snitch and this usually wins the game
10 Quidditch Teams Around the World
Ballycastle Bats
Bigonville Bombers
Chudley Cannons
Gorodock Gargoyles
Moosejaw Meteorites
Patonga Proudsticks
Pride of Portree
Sumbawong Sunrays
Tutshill Tornados
Woologong Warriors
Added May 14, 2006
A Shopping Trip Down Diagon Alley
The Cauldron Shop
Daily Prophet Offices
Eeylops Owl Emporium
Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
Flourish and Botts, book store
Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop
Gringotts Wizard Bank
Leaky Cauldron, public house
Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions
Magical Menagerie Pet Shop
Obscurus Books
Ollivander's, purveyor of magic wands
Quality Quidditch Supplies
Scribbulus Everchanging Inks, stationary shop
Slug and Jiggers Apothecary, purveyor of potions
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes
WhizzHard Books
Terrortours, travel agency
Twilfitt and Tattings, upmarket robe shop
Added Friday May 26, 2006
10 Words that derived from the Arabic language
Admiral
Alcohol
Algebra
Coffee
Gerbil
Magazine
Mattress
Monsoon
Sequin
Sofa
10 Words that derived from the Dutch Language
Apartheid
Bluff
Coleslaw
Decoy
Frolic
Gallop
Halibut
Iceberg
Mannequin
Rucksack
10 Words that derived from the French language
Amorous
Barricade
Camouflage
Eloquence
Gourmet
Limousine
Moustache
Parliament
Regret
Terrorism
10 words that derived from the German Language
Abseil
Delicatessen
Doppelganger
Glockenspiel
Kaput
Kindergarten
Lager
Poltergeist
Waltz
Wanderlust
10 words that derived from the Italian Language
Balcony
Bandit
Cameo
Carpet
Confetti
Graffiti
Harmonica
Orchestra
Porcelain
Scenario
10 Words that derived from the Turkish Language
Caviar
Cossack
Kebab
Kiosk
Kismet
Lackey
Sultan
Tulip
Turquoise
Yoghurt
Added June 7, 2006
The Settings for 20 Shakespeare Plays
All's Well That Ends Well- France and Italy
Anthony and Cleopatra- Rome and Alexandria
As You Like It- The Forest of Arden
The Comedy of Errors- Ephesus, Turkey
Hamlet- Denmark
King Lear- Britain
Love's Labour's Lost- Navarre, Spain
Macbeth- Scotland and England
Measure for Measure- Vienna
A Midsummer Night's Dream- Athens
Much Ado About Nothing- Messina, Sicily
Othello- Cyprus and Venice
Richard II- England and Wales
Romeo and Juliet- Verona and Mantua
The Tempest- Island of the coast of Tunisia
Titus Andronicus- Rome
Troilus and Cressida- Troy
Twelfth Night- Illyria in the Balkans
The Two Noble Kinsmen- Athens
The Winter's Tale- Bohemia and Sicily
Added July 2nd, 2006
Title Characters of Novels
Angela's Ashes- Angela McCourt
Anne of Green Gables- Anne Shirley
Biggles- Major James Bigglesworth
Billy Liar- William Fisher
The Borrowers- Homily, Arrietty and Pod
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- Charlie Bucket
The Count of Monte Cristo- Edmond Dantes
Emma- Emma Woodhouse
The English Patient- Count Laszlo de Almasy
The Exorcist- Father Lankester Merrin
The Famous Five- Julian, Anne , Dick, George (Georgina) and Timmy the dog
The French Lieutenant's Woman- Sarah Woodruff
The Go Between- Leo Colston
The Godfather- Vito Corleone
Goodbye Mr Chips- Charles Edward Chipping
The Great Gatsby- Jay Gatsby
Gulliver's Travels- Lemuel Gulliver
The Hobbit- Bilbo Baggins
The Horse Whisperer- Tom Booker
The Hunchback of Notre Dame- Quasimodo
The Invisible Man- Dr Griffin
Ivanhoe- Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Jude the Obscure- Jude Fawley
Just William- William Brown
Lady Chatterley's Lover- Oliver Mellors
Little Lord Fauntleroy- Cedric Errol
Little Women- Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth, the March sisters
Lolita- Dolores Haze
Lord of the Rings- Sauron the Great
The Mayor of Casterbridge- Michael Henchard
Our Man in Havana- James Wormwold
The Prisoner of Zenda- King Rudolf V of Ruritania
The Railway Children- Roberta, Phyllis and Peter
The Scarlet Pimpernel- Sir Percy Blakeney
The Secret Seven- Peter, Janet, Jack, Barbera, George, Pam and Colin
The Third Man- Harry Lime
The Three Musketeers- Aramis, Athos and Porthos
What Katy Did- Katy Carr
Added July 21, 2006
Things that you may not have known about The Beano.
The Beano comic was first issued on July 26, 1938 by DC Thompson and Co. Ltd. in Dundee.
The Characters
Dennis the Menace-
Pet dog- Gnasher, an Abyssinian tripehound
Pet pig- Rasher
Gnasher's son- Gnipper
Dennis's sister- Bea
Sworn enemy of Denis- Walter the Prince of the Softies
Walter's dog- Poodle called Foo Foo
Walter's cat- Fluffy
Lord Snooty
Snooty's home- Bunkerton Castle
Enemy- The Gasworks Gang
Snooty's guardian- Aunt Matilda
Snooty's pets- A stag called Angus, a puppy called Pongo and the castle jackdaw Cyril
The Bash Street Kids
The Kids- Danny, Erbert, Cuthbert Cringeworthy, Plug, Fatty, Wilfred, Spotty, Toots, Smiffy and Sidney
Form- 2B
School cat- Winston
School cook- Olive
Little Plum
Horse- Treaclefoot
Tribe- Smellyfoot
Medicine man- Dr Kildeer
Friends- Chiefy and Hole in um Head
Rival tribe- Puttyfeet
Roger the Dodger
Pet cat- Dodge Cat
Pet bird- Joe the Crow
Rival- Cruncher Kerr
Cruncher's dog- Muncher
Others
Minnie the Minx has a pet cat called Chester
The brother of Billy Whizz is called Alfie
Added August 25, 2006
Literary Locations of 30 Novels
Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Set in St Petersburg, Missouri
Angela's Ashes- Limerick
Animal Farm- Manor Farm
Anne of Green Gables- Prince Edward Island, Canada
Breakfast at Tiffany's- Manhattan, New York
Captain Corelli's Mandolin- Island of Cephalonia
Catch 22- Island of Pianosa
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang- Vulgaria
Cider with Rosie- Slad, Gloucestershire
Dune- Planet called Arrakis
East of Eden- Salinas Valley, California
Far from the Madding Crowd- Village called Weatherbury
French Lieutenant's Woman- Lyme Regis
From Here to Eternity- Pearl Harbor
Gone With the Wind- Atlanta, Georgia
Great Gatsby- Long Island, New York
Hard Times- Coketown
Hunchback of Notre Dame- Paris
Jaws- Amity Island
Lorna Doone- Exmoor, Devon
Mary Poppins- London
Porterhouse Blue- Cambridge
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie- Edinburgh
Quo Vadis- Rome
Rosemary's Baby- New York
The Secret Garden- Misslethwaite Manor, Yorkshire
Swallows and Amazons- Lake District
The Third Man- Vienna
To Kill a Mockingbird- Maycomb, a county in Alabama
Ulysses- Dublin