M 29 In Literature: • "Squinting through the smoke-laden air, I watch in disbelief as the [billiard] balls, now far more than sixteen in number, begin to scrabble around and arrange themselves at my feet. To me, the floor appears as a muddy flat. I recoil and gasp as the balls slowly shift into forms, shapes, characters -- letters of the alphabet! First an M, then an I, then an S, until the word Mississippi holds statically, coagulated in a paste-like muddy gruel. Then, in a dizzying, anagrammatic, kaleidoscopic swirl, the balls reconfigure to form the word -- Murderer!" -- Mark Stanleigh Morris, Billy Goat Hill (2004) Mitchakaboola Facts: This magic word typically introduces bibbidy bobbidy boo. Variations and Incantations: • Midgidiboola -- Mike Albo, The Underminer (2005) • Mitchakaboola Abbadazoola -- Francesca De Grandis, Be a Goddess (1998) Mobilicorpus Origins: Mobilicorpus is from the Latin words meaning "moveable" (mobilis) and "body" (corpus). In Literature: • Mobilicorpus is a levitation spell in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999). Molly Molly Hung Facts: This is the Cantonese equivalent to abracadabra. In Literature: • "On July 17, 2004 over 500 spectators were treated to a special show in Hong Kong and shouted out the magic word, 'Molly, Molly Hung.' What, haven't you used this magic word before in your show? It means 'Abra cadabra' in Cantonese." -- Amadeo Swiss, "Fantasma Open up Magic Venue in Hong Kong" (2004)