R 75 Common Magician's Applications: Fire or water effects. When a magician uses magic words like Ridas Talimol (and/or the Ridas Talimol talisman) while summoning fire or controlling water, he brings an air of mystery to the illusion. Riddikulus Origins: Riddikulus is from a Latin word meaning "laughable" (ridiculum). In Literature: • Riddikulus is a spell for inciting laughter in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999). Ringcadabra (see cadabra and abracadabra) Common Magician's Applications: Linking. For example: "Ask your volunteer to pull on the ends of the laces and you say the magic word, 'Ringcadabra.' Let go of the knot in your right hand. Continue to hold the pencil in your left hand. The rings will seem to go right through the laces." Rinky-Dinky-Doo In Literature: • "[W]hen I was a youngster we used to go fishing and we would give out of bait every once in a while. Without bait, we used to say some magic words like 'rinky-dinky-doo, look out little fish, I am going to catch you,' and then we would spit on the hook." -- Reuben L. Johnson, quoted in United States Congress, Senate, Agriculture and Forestry Committee, Feed Grain Act of 1963 Rla-Gha-Has-Tep Facts: These are magic words featured in the computer game "Shadow of the Comet" (1994). 5 Loris Bree, Kids' Magic Secrets (200 )