DH sign +pantomime horse

[zanooda2]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> "Pantomime" just means a wordless acting out, as in the 
> game of Charades--in this case, pretending to be a horse. 


zanooda:

But I thought it was "a pantomime" in the British sense, meaning a Christmas entertainment for children, a play based on fairy tales and such. It includes jokes and songs, so it's definitely not wordless :-). "A pantomime horse" is a costume of a horse used in such a play - you know, one actor plays the front part of the horse and the second one - the rear part, and they both share the same costume :-). "Pantomime horse" is an expression, I thought. Am I right about this, Geoff?

If you are interested in the context, it's when Harry and Hermione Apparate to Godric's Hollow, and the book says that Harry didn't want to enter the village "like a pantomime horse". I thought it was because Hermione offered go behind him under the Cloak and cover the tracks, and this made him think about this costume - you know, he is in the front, she is in the back and they are both covered by the Cloak :-). I'm not sure now that I understand it correctly...