Yearbooks, Neville, Quidditch, Ireland, James

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 587

"1) Do they have Yearbooks in the UK?"
Yes. Arriving at university I got to see the yearbooks of many of my
friends, without the embarrassment of showing one myself as we had never got
round to producing one (I went to a very laid back and lazy school). They
are not always done in the classical way. Often there is only one, for the
top school year. This would then include a picture from their first school
year to compare to a more recently taken one. After that it is just a matter
of finding enough really embarrassing photos to fill the rest of the book.

The one that I have just got from college was done more for contact details.
We then included a little bit about ourselves and a 'friend' got to write a
small bit about us.

"2) Would Hogwarts have one?"
I would think so. I bet they would be much cheaper and easier to produce in
the Wizarding world.

"Remember that it was Neville that put Gryffindor over the top the first
year.  Dumbledore awarded him the last five points needed to allow
Gryffindor to win the House Cup:"

10 points, but who's counting! This leads me onto a question. Why 10 points
when 1 was all that was needed for the symbolism?

"But if Hogwarts is the only wizarding school for all the British Isles
(more or less equivalent to the political entities UK and Ireland), all the
members of the winning Irish National Team must have gone to Hogwarts."

The British Isles is not UK and Ireland. The British Isles is England,
Scotland, Wales and some islands. The UK is the British Isles and Northern
Island, and possibly some more small islands. Maybe JKR meant that Hogwarts
is the school for the UK and there is a separate one for Ireland.

It could that they, Ireland Quidditch team, were not in Gryffindor. Charlie
was mentioned as a recent comparison for the seeker position. I do not
believe that she has mentioned any other past players in the Quidditch team
(maybe apart from James). The Ireland team could have been split over
several years and houses. Thus making them average players at school but
when they combined, as a team, was when they suddenly became an impressive
playing unit. Also at school the seeker has a much more important point
scoring role.

Harry James Potter?
Many fan fiction writers have used this name. Is the James form JKR, or is
it just made up?

Simon