The Sorting Hat/Crookshanks

[hert0661]

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From: hert0661
Subject: Re: The Sorting Hat/Crookshanks
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3407] The Sorting Hat/Crookshanks
Date: 7/6/00 6:11 am  (ET)

"I like the idea of a trapped spirit - perhaps that of the former
headmaster (whose name escapes me), who was around when Dumbledore was
a young teacher."

The headmaster in Riddle's day was Dippet. We can take that the sorting
hat has been around for a while as Riddle recognized it in CoS.

As to how long it has been around I am not sure. I would guess quite a
while as it does very little each year but is in a bashed up state.

Simon