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* Chancellor Galder Weatherwax: A distant cousin of Granny Weatherwax ( they have never met ), he is Chancellor for the first half of The Light Fantastic.
Note that in The Light Fantastic, he is referred to as Chancellor, but Ridcully subsequently upgrades him to Archchancellor in Lords and Ladies, when talking to aforementioned Granny Weatherwax.
The midwife, Granny Weatherwax, tries to point out that they are making a mistake but Billet and the new father ignore her.
* Bad Ass, fictional home of Granny Weatherwax in Lancre in the Discworld universe
In Wyrd Sisters the Lancre witches draw on the influence of Black Aliss, who moved a castle and its inhabitants one hundred years into the future, when Granny Weatherwax transports her own native kingdom seventeen years ahead to allow the proper heir to the usurped throne to reach adulthood abroad without having to wait.
Also, Senior witch Granny Weatherwax possesses a flying broom whose handle and bristles have been replaced many times, yet remains unreliable to the point that she has to run up and down very quickly to essentially " bump-start " it.
It has also been noted that, in personality and mental setup, Vimes bears some similarity to Granny Weatherwax.
Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Rites.
Wyrd Sisters features three witches: Granny Weatherwax ; Nanny Ogg, matriarch of a large tribe of Oggs and owner of the most evil cat in the world ; and Magrat Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewelry, covens, and bubbling cauldrons, much to the annoyance of the other two.
Granny Weatherwax, with help from the other two witches, manages to cast a spell over the entire kingdom to freeze it in time for 15 years.
Granny Weatherwax explains that Tomjon is the rightful king, and he is due to be crowned.
Instead Granny Weatherwax tells the town that the Fool is in fact the king's son from another mother, and Tomjon's half-brother, and he is crowned King Verence II of Lancre.
The novel introduces the character of Granny Weatherwax, who reappears in several later Discworld novels.
As Esk grows up, it becomes apparent that she has uncontrollable powers, and the local witch Granny Weatherwax decides to travel with her to the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to help her gain the knowledge required to properly manage her powers.
Esk is unsuccessful in her first, direct, attempt to gain entry to the University, but Granny Weatherwax finds another way in ; as a servant.
A very important witch, such as Granny Weatherwax, is acknowledged as the " hag o ' hags ".
Both she and Granny Weatherwax tend to emphasize at every possible opportunity that it is considered lucky to have a witch in your house, and that it would be especially lucky if the witch was well-provided for.
The main witches in the books are the Lancre Coven: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick and later Agnes Nitt.
She was the original Maiden in the Lancre coven, which consisted of herself, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg.
She is often described as " a wet hen ", generally by Granny Weatherwax.
She can defend herself physically when necessary, and is capable of performing impressive feats of real magic ( as seen in Wyrd Sisters when Magrat uses her magic to turn the old wooden door into a rising oak-a display that impresses even Granny Weatherwax ).
Magrat's gentle personality allows her to serve as a mediator between the often-clashing Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, but she does occasionally display a strong temper herself.
Her absence from Maskerade seemed to confirm that Magrat had retired from her career as a witch, but after Princess Esmerelda's birth she was forced to assume the Mother role in the coven when Granny Weatherwax decided to temporarily step down during the events of Carpe Jugulum.
Despite her new ( temporary ) role, at the end of the novel, she was asked, and acquiesced, to make tea by Granny Weatherwax, a role usually performed by the Maiden ( in this case, Agnes Nitt.

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In the eighth episode of season 8, named " Manhattan Hillbillies ," Granny tells the police officer in Central Park that her family comes from Taney County ( which is in southwest Missouri ).
* Granny Clanger: An elderly clanger married to Grandpa Clanger, she is fond of knitting and often falls asleep.
He is supported in this by Granny DeSpell, but always rejected by Magica.
The character Granny on the popular 1960s rural comedy television series The Beverly Hillbillies was named Daisy Moses as an homage to Grandma Moses, who died shortly before the series began. She is buried in Hoosick Falls, New York.
: Lulu Sanjo, more often referred to as " Baa-chan " (" Granny ") by her tenants, is the tough-as-nails, pistol-packing landlady of the Gochiso apartments, which double as a school supply store that she also owns.
Forest Hills is bordered by Old Hickory Boulevard on the south, Granny White Pike on the east, Harding Place ( also known as Harding Pike or Battery Lane ) on the north, and Hillsboro Pike ( Tennessee State Route 56 and U. S. Route 431 ) on the north.
In the Forest Hills area, William Nash received a grant along what is now Granny White Pike south of Tyne Boulevard.
Granny White Park is a park with several sporting facilities including four lighted tennis courts, softball / baseball fields, jogging / biking trails, a multi-purpose field ( soccer and lacrosse goals provided ), sand volleyball court, playground, and picnic pavilion and is located near Brentwood Middle School.
The puppet used for Granny Bird is actually a spare Big Bird puppet, and Spinney provides her voice.
As Granny Bird's appearances are often alongside Big Bird ( who is, as she stated, her " favorite grandson "), her voice is usually pre-recorded so that Spinney can perform Big Bird.
This kind of style has the bowler start close to the foul line, and is called the " Granny style " or the " Pee-Wee method ".
The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville between Belmont Boulevard to the west and Granny White Pike on the east.
Along with Red, Granny, and the Woodsman, he is a suspect of the recipe-robbing crime, which is wreaking the forests he lives in.
One of his nicknames is " Old Granite " and, just because it sounds similar, " Old Granny ".
Granny Hon ' iden states that they are to look for Musashi and Otsu, whom she states " ran off together ", though she is completely unaware that the two have not been with each other since they ran away from the village.
In the UK there is a burgeoning queercore scene, fuelled by afore mentioned groups such as Queer Mutiny, the now defunct Homocrime, and record labels such as Local Kid arranging shows and releasing records by bands such as The Corey Orbisons, Sleeping States, Drunk Granny, Little Paper Squares, Husbands, Fake Tan and Lianne Hall.
Relative to the internal timeline, the ordering is The Stone Book, Granny Reardun, The Aimer Gate, Tom Fobble's Day.

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