Trolls

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Debbie" <elfundeb at ...> wrote:
> 
> Trolls (2.14.8):
> Ahem!  According to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in 
1811 
> Grogan Stump, the newly appointed MoM, decreed that to be a "being" 
> sufficient intelligence was needed to understand the laws of the 
> magical community.  "Troll representatives were questioned in the 
> absence of goblins and judged not to understand anything that was 
> being said to them; they were therefore classified as "beasts" 
> despite their two-legged gait."
> 
> I therefore petition to remove 2.14.8 to the "beasts" category.  
> However, to relieve any added burden on the Beasts reviewer, I 
> reviewed this category first (all 3 posts!) and reduced them to 1 
> post.

Debbie, just caught this.
OTOH, security trolls were set to guard the Fat Lady after Sirius 
attacked the painting, and spent the time walking up and down 
comparing the size of their clubs <g>. So, it appears they can at 
least talk, though possibly not about the finer points of wizarding 
law...