Why did Mrs. Weasley say that? Ron & the sorting hat

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 22507

I think that Mrs. Weasley, being about my age, is prone to CRS... 
Can't Remember ... ummm ... Stuff. 

As for Ron's brothers telling him about the Sorting Hat, indeed, they 
did:

"So we've just got to try on the hat!" Ron whispered to
Harry. "I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll."

As most older siblings do, Ron's older brothers liked to put him on 
and tell him "their version" of life at Hogwarts.

Doreen
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Amy Z
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> The senior Kairos retreat at my school is such a mystery.  I 
remember my senior year I had no clue what to expect.  Nobody 
understood what "Live the 4th meant" or what the Kairos banners were 
on the wall, until we attended our Kairos.  IT's a big deal at my 
school you wait your whole life for it.  My little brother doesn't 
know anything about Kairos, and I was a leader.  Traditions can 
remain secret for quite sometime, as long as people want to keep them.
> 
> Melanie
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