I have to admit that I had never heard of the superstition of dandelion clocks before I read this book. They say that you're supposed to be able to tell the time by counting the breaths it takes to blow all of the feathery spores from a dandelion. This trick comes from Grandma in the book. She's a strange bird, but maybe it comes from just being old.
The story of Branwen, Princess of England comes from Grandma as well. She relays how Branwen used Patrick's Rune to help her after the Irish King's betrayal. Here we learn that Beezie, the granddaughter, is named Branwen Zillah Maddox, and she is the 11-year-old version of Mom O'Keefe. Her brother, Chuck, is Charles Wallace's host and can smell feelings and identities.
Chuck's gift is mainly ignored by everyone in his family besides Beezie. I assume this comes from the somewhat common phrase, "I can smell it." In normal circumstances, this rather means, "I can feel it." But Chuck smelled fear and death about his father, whose appendix ruptured only hours later. I cannot imagine what Chuck knows about people, given his gift. He probably knows more than he wants to.
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