Hogwart's Motto, help!

[Stephanie Roark Keener]

No: HPFGUIDX 21226

(Okay, so I'm like 200 messages behind -- that's the way I do things, 
leave me alone.)

Also, "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" is JKR's homage to Tolkien.  
Bilbo Baggins claims to have coined the phrase at the end of _The 
Hobbit_.  

Stephanie



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Sarah Rose <counterfeitlove at y...> wrote:
> > I am aware of the fact that Hogwart's motto is "Draco
> > dormiens nunquam titillandus" which means Never Trust
> > a Sleeping Dragon (or something to that extent.  I've
> > been racking my brain and rereading all my HP books,
> > but for the life of me I cannot find where it's
> > originally stated.  I must be skipping over it's
> > placement.  Could somebody please point me to where
> > it's orginally stated, book and chapter.  Thanks soo
> > much!
> > 
> > Sarah
> > 
> It actually means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon", and it is only 
> found on the front endpapers of each book, not in the text.
> 
> Haggridd