[HPforGrownups] Re: Order of the Phoenix

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 22763

MmeBurgess at msn.com wrote:
> 
> Hi all!  I'm delurking again.  Adam's original comment is at the
> bottom.  I don't have PS with me right now, but I'm pretty sure that
> the sign at Ollivander's says something like "Makers of fine wands
> since 382 BC" or something along those lines.  In my mind, what this
> meant was that his *family* had been making wands since then, not him
> personally.  Kinda like Ford saying they've been making cars since
> whenever, even though Ford himself is long gone.  Someone feel free
> to correct me if I'm wrong.
> Angela

I feel sure that you're right.  Of course, our Mr. Ollivander
probably has =records= going back to 382 BC, so that even if he
didn't make a wand personally, if it came from Ollivander's he
knows all about it (or at least knows where to look it up).


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>