Doreen's List of the Number Twelve Sightings

(and variations thereof)

 

These are the mentions of the number twelve that I have found so far. I did include dozen and half-dozen, but that is as far as I have stretched the list.

 

This golden pocket watch is very odd. It has twelve hands but no numbers. Instead, little planets move along the edge. SS-1

Considered by many to be the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard, Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. SS-6

 

It (the Troll) was a horrible sight. Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite gray, its lumpy body like a boulder with it small bald head perched on top like a coconut. SS-10

 

Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles. SS-12

 

"You're worth twelve of Malfoy," Harry said. SS-13

 

Neville went bright red but turned in his seat to face Malfoy. "I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy," he stammered. SS-13

 

All the same, he'd have gambled twelve Sorcerer's Stones that Snape had just left the room, and from what Harry had just heard, Snape would be walking with a new spring in his step --- Quirrel seemed to have given in at last. SS-15

 

Dear Mr. Potter We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine. CS-2

 

"I've asked you to stay about twelve times, and then Dad came home and said you'd got an official warning for using magic in front of Muggles---" CoS-3

 

"You have told me this at least a dozen times already," said Mr. Malfoy, with a quelling look at his son. CS-4

 

Ron looked wildly around. A dozen curious people were still watching them. CS-5

 

"His exam results came in the day before you did: twelve O.W.L.s and he hardly gloated at all." CS-4

 

"Bill got twelve, too. If we're not careful, we'll have another Head Boy in the family." CS-4

 

After a quick half a dozen bacon sandwiches each, they pulled on their coats and Mrs. Weasley took a flowerpot off the kitchen mantelpiece and peered inside.CS-4

 

"But when I was twelve, I was just as much of a nobody as you are now," said Gilderoy Lockhart CS-6

 

"I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat," said Lupin evenly. PA-19

 

Something was slithering towards him along the dark corridor floor, and as it drew nearer to the sliver of firelight, he realized with a thrill of terror that it was a gigantic snake, at least twelve feet long. GF-1

 

All three Triwizards events take place on the 24th of a month. Multiples count in numerology.

GoF

 

"Anyway, they cornered Black in the middle of a street full of Muggles an' Black took out 'is wand and 'e blasted 'alf the street apart, an' a wizard got it, and' so did a dozen Muggles what got in the way." PoA-3

 

"At lunchtime, they went down to the Great Hall, to find that the House tables had been moved against the walls again, and that a single table, set for twelve, stood in the middle of the room." PoA-11

 

From the interview transcript with JKR February 3, 2000:

Q. Do you have a favorite passage from one of your books?

A.Hard to choose. I like chapter twelve of Sorcerer's Stone (The Mirror of Erised), and I am proud of the ending of Goblet of Fire.