interesting thought re: Mrs. Figg (cabbage smell)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> <<Someone emailed this little tidbit to me about Arabella Figg. I 
have to
> admit that I never made this connection. What do you all think of 
it?
> 
> <<"Also, isn't it peculiar that the smell of her house is described 
as
> cabbage? And in the CS the finished Polyjuice potion smells like 
overcooked
> cabbage. Could Arabella really be someone else in disguise?">>
> 
> The cabbage smell also cropped up in the World Cup camping scene in 
>GoF, when one of the tents was described as having that cabbage 
>smell reminiscent of Mrs Figg's place.  Was this because the tent 
>was really an all-mod-cons room made to look like a tent, and had 
>therefore required a spell related to the Polyjuice Potion to 
>achieve the illusion?
> 
> Neil
> ________________________________________


Cabbage & Polyjuice potion.  And cats everywhere.  Or could it 
be "cats" everywhere?  Hmmm.  How does one conceal a magical 
creature, exactly?  Could she be breeding Kneazles, and needing some 
kind of cabbage-smelling potion to hide their true status from 
Muggles?  Or could she be cross-breeding them?  

And on that note, where DID Crookshanks come from, exactly?  We know 
that he had been around the Magical Menagerie for quite some time - 
but who gave him to the shop?  Could it be that our Mrs. Figg is a 
top BKC (British Kneazle Club) breeder?