Who was that masked man? wasRe: Estel is the Half Blood Prince

[spinelli372003]

Ok so I have read the Entire Edenurough thing and it does not 
say "Aberforth is the hogs head keeper" it says oh I liked that clue 
etc and I am proud of myself etc.  It does nto say that is who it 
is.  She is famous for giving out clues that really lead to a totally 
different place.  
sherry
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Heidi Tandy 
> <lists at h...> wrote:
> .
> > 
> > But we know from Book 1 that the Norbert_egg came from 
> quirrel, <
> 
> Pippin:
> We know that it came from a card-playing stranger who kept his 
> hood up. Has this person ever been positively identified as 
> Quirrell? You'd think Hagrid would recognize Quirrell, even with a 
> hood on. Especialy if he was wearing it over a turban!
> 
> 
> Heidi:
> and we  know now from jkr's talk in Edinburgh last month that the 
> Hog's Head informant is Dumbledore's brother Aberforth.
> 
> Pippin supplies the canon:
> >>Ooh—you are getting good. Why do you think that it is 
> Aberforth? [Audience member: Various clues. He smells of 
> goats and he looks a bit like Dumbledore]. I was quite proud of 
> that clue. That is all that I am going to say. [Laughter]. Well 
yes, 
> obviously. I like the goat clue—I sniggered to myself about that 
> one.<<
> 
> Pippin