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==How tall does grandma get?==
The article states: "Grandma as tall as a house" - but I believe that she was taller than a house. [[User:Uncle uncle uncle|Uncle uncle uncle]] 23:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
:I checked the book and the text and pictures agree that grandma was taller than the house. [[Special:Contributions/99.150.255.75|99.150.255.75]] ([[User talk:99.150.255.75|talk]]) 03:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
::Oops - I'm logged out - anyway - I could not find petrol (or gas) in the recipe - could someone find it for me? [[Special:Contributions/99.150.255.75|99.150.255.75]] ([[User talk:99.150.255.75|talk]]) 03:23, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
::: Just re-checked the source, it's not listed so I've removed it. --[[User:RedHillian|RedHillian]] | [[User_talk:RedHillian|Talk]] 20:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

== Is the grandmother actually a witch? ==

It seems implied at the end of the book the witches [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:1D00:5E30:F06D:2A72:DD16:BD3B|2600:1700:1D00:5E30:F06D:2A72:DD16:BD3B]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:1D00:5E30:F06D:2A72:DD16:BD3B|talk]]) 03:04, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

== 'New' dedication ==
The dedication to "doctors everywhere" isn't added by editors in 2023, contra some claims in the article. It was present in the original.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roald Dahl on the death of his daughter|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/biographyandmemoirreviews/7930233/Roald-Dahls-darkest-hour.html|agency=The Telegraph|issue=3 February 2015}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=George's Marvelous Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MG_ZCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22George%27s+Marvelous+Medicine%22&newbks=0&hl=en&ovso=1#v=onepage&q=doctors%20everywhere&f=false}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 03:16, 31 January 2024

How tall does grandma get?

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The article states: "Grandma as tall as a house" - but I believe that she was taller than a house. Uncle uncle uncle 23:10, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the book and the text and pictures agree that grandma was taller than the house. 99.150.255.75 (talk) 03:09, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oops - I'm logged out - anyway - I could not find petrol (or gas) in the recipe - could someone find it for me? 99.150.255.75 (talk) 03:23, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Just re-checked the source, it's not listed so I've removed it. --RedHillian | Talk 20:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is the grandmother actually a witch?

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It seems implied at the end of the book the witches 2600:1700:1D00:5E30:F06D:2A72:DD16:BD3B (talk) 03:04, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

'New' dedication

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The dedication to "doctors everywhere" isn't added by editors in 2023, contra some claims in the article. It was present in the original.[1] [2]

References

  1. ^ "Roald Dahl on the death of his daughter". No. 3 February 2015. The Telegraph.
  2. ^ "George's Marvelous Medicine".