Differential Knowledge of Sports

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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No: HPFGUIDX C6650
From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Differential Knowledge of Sports
Date: 8/11/00 6:08 pm  (ET)

I think it was the uberposter who mentioned that Oliver Wood had never
heard of basketball (altho' Hagrid knew that soccer football is very
popular among Muggles) but nonetheless used golf ball for Harry's first
lesson in Seeking.

It occured to me that Oliver had no idea that those things were golf
balls: he knew only that they were what Madam Hooch stocked for testing
kids who wanted to train as Seekers.

And Madam Hooch may not have had any idea that those thigs were golf
balls: she may have known only that McGonagall had been supplying her with
them for years (by Transfiguration, not by shopping in Muggle stores).

Is it possible that Scots wizards (and witches?) play golf for the sake
of ethnic identity?