After Harry’s arrival at the headquarter of the Order
of the Phoenix he meets the Weasley twins who have passed their Apparation
test. Apparation is a form of travelling in the wizarding world which allows a
wizard or witch to disappear from his or her current location and reappear at a
completely different one. The twins Fred and George use this method in order to
get from one part of the house to a different one. When they appear in Ron and
Harry's room their younger brother shows his annoyance: “‘It would have taken
you about thirty seconds longer to walk down the stairs.’ said Ron. ‘Time is
Galleons, little brother,’ said Fred.”[1]
The
source of the proverb ‘time is Galleons’ can be found in the muggle proverb
‘time is money’. It has first been used in 1748 by Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman where he
wrote: “Remember that Time is Money.”[2] He
refers to the fact that time is very valuable just like money and should,
therefore, not be wasted. [3] In
the wizarding world three different coins are used as currency. Instead of
using the word money, they focus on the most valuable coin – the Galleon - and
change the proverb into ‘time is Galleons.’ Fred and George, thus, refer to the
fact that they don’t want to waste their precious time taking the stairs when
there is a much faster way of travelling.
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