Lessons/Second Years

Week One

 * Name a potion you brewed the previous year.
 * (answers may vary)
 * What is the boil cure potion? What are the ingredients?
 * The boil cure potion is a potion which cures boils. Known ingredients are:
 * Dried nettles
 * 6 snake fangs
 * 4 horned slugs
 * 2 porcupine quills
 * What is a step used in the boil cure potion?
 * What is the wideye potion? What are the ingredients?
 * The wideye potion is a potion which leaves the drinker awake. Known ingredients are:
 * 6 snake fangs
 * 4 measures of Standard Ingredient
 * 6 dried Billywig stings
 * 2 sprigs of Wolfsbane
 * What is a step used in the wideye potion?
 * What if the difference between a concoction and a potion?
 * What potion ingredients can be used as an antidote to poisons?
 * What are the different cauldrons?

Week Two
Ingredients Method
 * Minced daisy roots
 * Peeled Shrivelfig
 * Sliced caterpillars
 * One rat spleen
 * A dash of leech juice
 * Add five sliced caterpillars.
 * Heat till the potion turns red.
 *  Shake  the peeled Shrivelfig until it is ready (if one tries to add it before it is ready the potion may emit noxious green gases).
 * Add peeled Shrivelfig until the potion turns yellow.
 * Allow the potion to simmer till it turns purple.
 * Add four rat spleens to the cauldron.
 * Add the minced daisy roots till it turns green.
 * Add five drops of leech juice.
 * Add more of the Shrivelfig, this time till it turns pink.
 * Add one sliced caterpillar.
 * Allow the potion to simmer till it turns green.
 * Wave your wand to complete the potion.

Week Three
Ingredients Method
 * Rat tails
 * Bouncing Spider Juice
 * Standard Ingredient
 * Add Lovage to boiling potion water
 * Stir in 3 Rat tails
 * Let the brew simmer at a low temperature for 10 minutes.
 * Add crushed Vervain to cauldron
 * Pour a dash of Bouncing spider juice
 * Wave wand to complete potion

Week Four
Ingredients Method
 * Snake fangs
 * Measures of Standard Ingredient
 * Dried Billywig stings
 * Wolfsbane
 * Add 6 Snake Fangs to the mortar
 * Add 4 measures of Standard Ingredient to the mortar
 * Add 6 Dried Billywig Stings to your cauldron
 * Heat on a medium temperature for 30 seconds
 * Finely crush the ingredients in the mortar
 * Add 4 measures of the crushed ingredients to your cauldron
 * Stir 3 times, clockwise
 * Wave your wand
 * Leave to brew and return in 42 minutes
 * Add 2 sprigs of Wolfsbane to your cauldron
 * Stir 3 times, anti-clockwise
 * Wave your wand to complete the potion

Week Five
Ingredients Method
 * Five cups of water
 * dash of scurvy-grass
 * sprig of peppermint
 * ¼ pound cut ginger roots
 * One cup powered moonstone
 * Three Drops of belladonna
 * Place cauldron on high heat fire add water then bring to a boil.
 * Mix in moonstone, stir till dissolved.
 * Add in ginger root, scurvy-grass (remember just a dash), and peppermint.
 * Turn heat to low and allow to simmer for 30 minutes stirring every 10 minutes
 * Add in belladonna. Potion should turn amber color.
 * Remove cauldron from flames and allow to settle for 15 minutes in room air.
 * Pour potion into five one cup glass vials for storage at room temperature.

Week Six
Ingredients Method
 * 1 Bezoar
 * 2 measures of Standard Ingredient
 * 1 pinch of unicorn horn
 * 2 mistletoe berries
 * Add 1 Bezoar to the mortar
 * Crush into a very fine powder using the pestle
 * Add 4 measures of the crushed Bezoar to your cauldron
 * Add 2 measures of Standard Ingredient to your cauldron
 * Heat to a medium temperature for 5 seconds
 * Wave your wand
 * Leave to brew and return in 40 minutes.
 * Add 1 pinch of Unicorn Horns to your cauldron
 * Stir 2 times, clockwise
 * Add 2 Mistletoe Berries to your cauldron
 * Stir 2 times, anti-clockwise
 * Wave your wand to complete the potion

Week Seven
Ingredients Method
 * 2 drops of Lethe River Water
 * 2 Valerian sprigs
 * 2 measures of Standard Ingredient
 * 4 mistletoe berries
 * Add 2 drops of Lethe River Water to your cauldron
 * Gently heat for 20 seconds
 * Add 2 Valerian sprigs to your cauldron
 * Stir 3 times, clockwise
 * Wave your wand
 * Leave to brew and return in 45-60 minutes
 * Add 2 measures of Standard Ingredient to the mortar
 * Add 4 mistletoe berries to the mortar
 * Crush into a medium-fine powder using the pestle
 * Add 2 pinches of the crushed mixture to your cauldron
 * Stir 5 times, anti-clockwise
 * Wave your wand to complete the potion

Week Eight
Ingredients Method
 * One chopped doxy egg
 * dash of powdered root of asphodel
 * Two cups dried nettles
 * Five jobberknoll feathers
 * ¼ cup armadillo bile
 * Seven cups of water
 * Place cauldron with water on low fire heat.
 * Add nettles and jobberknoll feathers, allow to stew for two hours. Potion will be blue.
 * Combine doxy egg and armadillo bile then slowly stirring clockwise add into cauldron
 * Raise fire heat to high and allow to boil for 30 minutes
 * Add powdered root of asphodel. Potion will turn purple instantly.
 * Remove cauldron from heat, cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes undisturbed.
 * Stir potion four times counter-clockwise, then bottle in two glass vials.

Week Nine
Ingredients Method
 * 4 Caterpillars
 * A pack of sliced Daisy Roots
 * Several chopped Ginger Roots
 * Knotgrass
 * 1 Powdered Moonstone
 * Standard Potioning Water
 * Set your cauldron on medium heat, and then add 1 cup of water in it and the powdered Moonstone.
 * Stir clockwise for 1 minute and then add another cup of water. Stir one minute clockwise.
 * In another cauldron, mix up the chopped Ginger Roots and the sliced Daisy Roots and add some water to them. Leave them for 20-30 minutes.
 * Meanwhile, add the Knotgrass in your main cauldron, and stir for about 10 minutes, then let it brew for a while.
 * Once the Daisy Roots and Ginger Roots get a darker color, add the caterpillars in that cauldron, stir it and leave it like that until the concoction in the main cauldron starts producing smoke.
 * Once that happens, add the ingredients from your other cauldron to your main cauldron.
 * Stir for about 15 minutes.
 * Pour potion into a vial.