The Sorting Hat [was Re: Why did Mrs. Weasley say that? & other mysteries]

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 22478

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
> 
> School tradition says to keep it secret?  I dunno, I can buy this.  
> Can someone who went to a school that was loaded with tradition 
speak 
> to this?  Okay, here's an example:  no one ever told me that there 
> was a secret Phi Beta Kappa handshake, much less revealed it.  Not 
as 
> exciting as a Sorting Hat, I grant you, but it's the same basic 
idea.
> Amy Z

Actually:

Ron knew about the Sorting Hat, but he was told by Fred & George, who 
made it out like it was a painful hazing ritual of some sort.

Ron turned out to be very relieved it was only "put the hat on, find 
out what house you're in."

Indigo