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[Danette Schardt-Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 20321

Lumen wrote:

>> 4)  Being a half-blood doesn't exclude you from
Slytherin; Tom 
>>Riddle was half-Muggle, almost the worse thing
possible, and yet not 
>>only is he in Slytherin, but he is the heir of
Salazar
>> 

Joywitch wrote:

>>How do we know that Tom Riddle was in Slytherin?  Is
it ever 
>>explicitly stated?  Granted, it is a logical
assumption, but....

Anne wrote:

>In PS/SS, chpater 6 Hagrid says he was. I don't know
if people think 
>this a reliable quote or not, since it immediately
follows the bit 
>about all dark wizards having been in Slytherin.
"'There's not a 
>single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in
Slytherin. You-Know-
>Who was one.'" In Hagrid's defense, he should know;
he was at school 
>at the same time as Riddle.

I went looking about that(borrowed SS from library)
and here is what I found:

}Chapter 6 pages 106-107

}"Gryffindor," said Ron.  Gloom seemed to be settling 
}on him again.  "Mom and Dad were in it, too.  I don't

}know what they'll say if I'm not.  I don't suppose 
}Ravenclaw would be too bad, but imagine if they put 
}me in Slytherin."

}"That's the house Vol-, I mean You-Know-Who was in?"

}"Yeah," said Ron.  He flopped back into his seat, 
}looking depressed.

That's the only thing I could find (still haven't been
able to find my copies so I can check the other books
sorry).  But it seems to me that it's a pretty sure
sign that Tom Riddle(AKA Voldemort) was Slytherin.

Danette

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