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The '''''Gnome''''' is a common garden pest found throughout North America and northern Europe. Its body is out of proportion, its head is too big, it has sharp claws and bony feet. It grows up to about 12 inches tall.

The most popular form of removing a gnome from a garden is to pick it up, spin it around until it is dizzy, and then throw it over a garden wall. According to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Gilderoy_LockhartGilderoy Lockhart|Gilderoy Lockhart]], this causes the gnome to become disoriented and he cannot find his way back; however, it appears that their disorientation is only temporary, as [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] sees the Weasley's gnomes making their way back to the garden only hours after using this technique to remove them.

At the wedding in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Luna Lovegood|Luna Lovegood]] is very pleased that a Weasley gnome bit her finger. Her father, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Xenophilius Lovegood|Xenophilius]], explains that gnome saliva has many beneficial properties. This is doubtful as the Lovegoods hold many peculiar beliefs about magical creatures.

The appearance in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Chamber of Secrets|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'']] could be seen as a first intimation that Gilderoy Lockhart is not the wizard he claims to be. The technique for eliminating garden gnomes comes straight out of <i>''Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Garden Pests</i>'', and appears to be effective, as the gnomes, once dug out of the garden and flung into the neighbouring field, march away in the wrong direction. But by sunset the same day, when Harry looks out of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron's]] window, the gnomes are already sneaking back into the garden.

Having created the gnomes and infested the Weasley's garden with them, the author perforce must make them reappear in the Weasley's garden whenever we see it. To that end, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Crookshanks|Crookshanks the cat]] chases one into a boot [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet of Fire/Chapter 5|in one scene]], and one is charmed to be the angel on top of the Weasley's Christmas tree [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Half-Blood Prince/Chapter 16|in another scene]].