Three Broomstick/Hogshead and other mysteries.

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 14801

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., morsethanatos at y... wrote:
> Hello, 
> I came to this group from a link at "The Harry Potter Lexicon," 
about 
> 3 days ago.  I wanted to see what others think of the 


Welcome! And I am delighted that a link on the Lexicon brought you 
here!


> 
> In the first book Hagrid says that he won a dragons egg in the 
> Hogshead, the pub in the village.  In later books the pub is called 
> the Three Broomsticks, and the village is Hogsmeade.
> 	 I am surprised that almost no one noticed this, or am I 
> clueless about something?

There are two pubs in the village. The Three Broomsticks is a bit 
more "family-friendly" than the Hog's Head. Students hang out at the 
Three Broomsticks. The Hog's Head is apparently a bit rougher, from 
Hagrid's description ("...yeh get a lot o' funny folk in the Hog's 
Head..."). Hagrid calls it "the pub in the village," but very likely 
he doesn't think of the Three Broomsticks as a pub, in the serious 
drinking sense that he means it. The Three Broomsticks would be a 
restaurant to him. In fact, it's called an "inn" in PA.


> 
> In the 1st book, it was said that Marcaus Flint was a sixth year, 
but 
> he was still in Hogwarts when Harry was a third year, that would 
put 
> him in the Eighth Year.  

JKR has stated that he had to repeat a year. She has also ackowledged 
that in actuality, she just slipped up. I'm thinking that she should 
let some of us read her manuscript for book 5 ahead of time...we 
would be happy to catch those kinds of things for her :)

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which has a lovely page about Hogsmeade, including the 2 pubs
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon