wizard burnings & the freezing charm

[spicoli323]

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From: spicoli323
Subject: Re: wizard burnings & the freezing charm
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7375] wizard burnings & the freezing charm
Date: 8/20/00 4:31 pm  (ET)

Remember, the bit about the flame freezing charm was in an essay Harry
himself wrote, so he might have got his facts wrong or even made the
whole thing up (although I rather doubt the latter).
Also, a flame freezing charm might not work on dragon flame--maybe the
flame itself has some sort of magic that protects it.
As far as why Hogwarts was built isolated from muggles, even if muggles
couldn't really hurt witches and wizards, they might have been somewhat
of a danger to wizard children who weren't good enough at magic to defend
themselves. Even if they couldn't do real harm, they would make a nuisance
of themselves, and it would be a lot more conducive to teaching if there
were none of them around