Old caretaker (was: Book 5 title)

Wed Dec 13 17:47:43 UTC 2000

No: HPFGUIDX 6797

> Can anyone help me out with a definition for Pringle? All I know 
> right now is that Pringles are pretty tasty potato chips, but that 
> doesn't seem to fit the mold. Ideas?

The Pringle family were a bunch of self-righteous snobs in Anne of 
Green Gables. But that's probably not where JKR got it from. Then 
again...she did name the cat Mrs. Norris after the character in 
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin...

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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