Order of the Phoenix

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Amy said:

<< I'd be curious to hear speculation too.  The only thing I can think of is 
that the Order of the Phoenix is the "old crowd" - the ones that fought 
against Voldermort before.  At first I thought that the old crowd we're just 
the *old crowd* - Dumbledore's peers.  We know that Mrs. Figg is apparently 
older, at least in Harry's eyes.  But then when I read GoF again, I realized 
that Lupin was included in the "old crowd". >>

Yes, I agree that the "Order of the Phoenix" is most likely the "old crowd". 
I also recall several interesting suggestions the last time we discussed this 
topic.

Steve: The "Order" of the Phoenix. Of course, it means order as in a 
religious order or the Order of Merlin 1/c, that sort of thing. Or maybe, 
just maybe, it refers to the order of spells coming out of a 
phoenix-feather-equiped wand caught in Priori Incantatem...

Eggplant: Or maybe "order" as in command, maybe the bird is getting bossy. Or 
maybe "order" as in organized, maybe the bird is a neat freak.

CMC: Or maybe "order" as in Fawkes dropping by Honeydukes and ordering a 
large Butterbeer to go.

Steve: And this was verbal, right? So we really are just assuming that what 
she said was "order." Maybe she said The ODOR of the Phoenix! Aha! Let's see 
how far we can run with THAT.

Ok, back on topic. Dumbledore mentions three people when referring to the 
"old crowd": Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, and Mundungus Fletcher. We are all 
familiar with Lupin, and we've discussed Arabella Figg enough already, but 
where have we heard the name "Mundungus Fletcher" before? It was in chapter 3 
of "Chamber of Secrets". 

Mr. Weasley: Nine raids. Nine! And old Mundungus Fletcher tried to put a hex 
on me when I had my back turned.

Let's see what this starts...

Ellie