“Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.”

“Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.”

“Oh, we're always all right. You remember that. We happen to other people.-Nanny Ogg”

“Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.”

“I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you're believing in gods. And then you're in trouble.""But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg."That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.”

“But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg. "That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.”

“Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.'Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening.Excursions', said Magrat patienly.Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said.Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.”