1st clue into Snape’s past

accio-alan-rickman:

‘Tell me, Potter, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?’ 

In the Victorian flower language, asphodel is a type of lily with the meaning ‘my regrets follow you to the grave’. Wormwood symbolizes absence and great sorrow. If you combine that…

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