Wandless Magic

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No: HPFGUIDX 24623

There is another instance of wandless magic in PoA that left me 
wondering briefly. When Harry and Fudge meet after his trip on the 
Knight Bus, Tom, the host at the Leaky Cauldron, ushers them into a 
parlour and lights the fire with a snap of his fingers.

I like Alfredo Ramirez's solution:

Actually, I don't think Dumbledore is actually doing magic here. I 
get the feeling, that much like the food that appears and disappears 
on plates, this is actually done by house-elves simply obeying their 
master's orders. After all, decorations and cleaning do seem to fall 
under the jurisdiction of our poor mistreated house-elves. :-)

JB


but I was guessing in the case of Tom that the fireplaces were 
charmed beforehand to light up when Tom snapped his fingers. Makes 
things easier, doesn't it?

Or, does practice enable a wizard or witch to do simple and very 
familiar spells without the aid of a wand? But this is an old topic...

Rrishi