House elves and socks

[ravenclawlady]

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From: ravenclawlady
Subject: House elves and socks
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7529] Re: Dumbledore's Secret Identity
Date: 8/22/00 4:53 pm  (ET)

<<I don't know...I have a lot of socks that go missing in my house...seems
house elves might be breaking in and snatching them up to outfit their
army. I just wish they would stay and straighten up the place. >>


IMO, that would be Dobby, rather than "house elves" in general. Maybe
if you offered to pay him...

I see the sock fetish as being specific to Dobby, (not house-elf-wide)
because he was freed by a sock. If Lucius had thrown him a mitten, he'd
be especially fond of mittens. Other house elves were not given socks
for freedom, and (if Winky is any indication) they'd resent socks if
they were.

Just my two knutes.

Melanie