Since no spell was devised by wizards to enable them to fly (with the exception of Lord Voldemort in 1997, and Severus Snape a year later) they had to come up with another way to do so. Broomsticks appeared to have a bit of a personality of their own, as they were able to respond to the simplest of commands, such as "Up!". Only wizards and witches appeared to use broomsticks in the wizarding world. The earliest recorded use of the broomstick was in 962 in a German illustrated manuscript. Their use in Great Britain and Ireland was regulated by the Ministry of Magic's Broom Regulatory Control.
Wizarding broomsticks, unlike non-magical brooms, were enchanted to fly, allowing for a witch or wizard to travel to their destination through the air, as well as for playing broom games such as Quidditch. No Muggle illustration of a witch is complete without a broom and however ludicrous these drawings are (for none of the broomsticks depicted by Muggles would stay up in the air for a moment), they remind us that we were careless for far too many centuries to be surprised that broomsticks and magic are inextricably linked in the Muggle mind." - Kennilworthy Whisp, Quidditch Through the Ages īroomsticks, also known as brooms, were one of the means employed by wizards and witches to transport themselves between locations. " As every school-age wizard knows, the fact that we fly on broomsticks is probably our worst-kept secret.
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