Before there was any way to fly through the air other than in a balloon, this was one fanciful notion that someone came up with, first recorded in the mid 15th century.
A few years ago there was a little controversy about a toy broomstick that Mattel made which achieved popularity with females for a different reason, according to this Time magazine article: "Well, this was one way to keep Harry Potter fans interested as they grew up. Modeled after Harry's first broom, Mattel's now discontinued battery-operated Nimbus 2000
featured a grooved stick and handle for kids who wanted to ride it
around the house. The dubious part: it vibrated. Some of the (now
deleted) comments on Amazon were so good, they had to be written with a
wink: "I'm 32 and enjoy riding the broom as much as my 12 yr old and 7
year old," wrote one satisfied customer. We bet."
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