Cloaks in pockets, pockets in coats

[Hillman, Lee]

No: HPFGUIDX 25168

Amy Z punned, and then responded:
> This isn't the only mention of pretty 
> large things 
> fitting into pockets, though I can't remember any specific 
> examples other 
> than wands.  I always imagine that robes have big internal 
> pockets, like the 
> inside breast pockets of overcoats except even bigger.
> 

I still think there's a tesseract in his trousers if a cloak fits in there.
This has got to be a full circle cloak, and probably (since it was James's)
pretty long as well. I believe she talks about it dragging the ground at
times, and Harry and Ron picking up the hem to avoid tripping on it because
of its length and size. There have to be at least 6-7 yards of fabric in
this cloak. I wear cloaks in the SCA. They're big. Even if they're thin
fabric, and folded up, they're bulky.

Hagrid's overcoat pockets are established to be deep, but he is also a very
large person. And you are correct that if most wands are between 8 and 13
inches, the pockets in robes must also be deep, but are they large enough to
hold a full cloak? The only explanation I can actually think of it that he
shrank the cloak before putting it in, and Rowling just didn't describe it. 

[Sidenote: I'm not convinced of the wisdom of putting wands in pockets,
anyway. Lupin wore a belt and tucked his wand there, but still. I remember
borrowing my grandfather's conducting baton, not realizing how brittle it
was. It snapped before I got to the bus stop. Wands obviously can't be that
fragile, but Ron's broke at the tip in the crash, so I wouldn't be surprised
if a wand could accidentally snap riding around in a pocket.]

Anyway, I still have trouble suspeding my disbelief on this point. It's just
unlikely.

Gwen