Lockhart - Yuck! and the women who love him

Demelza muggle-reader at angelfire.com
Fri May 25 23:33:23 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 19502

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Susan Hall" <shall at s...> wrote:
> >gild a roy (wonder if roy
> >has any secret meanings such as lily?
> 
> "Roy" means king, in the same sort of Norman/mediaeval french which 
also
> includes Malfoy (bad faith) and  Fleur Delacour ("flower of the 
court").
> Gil-de-roy must  means something or other of the king (general 
backscratcher
> in chief, probably)
> 
> Susan

There's a Scottish folk song called "Gilderoy". This Gilderoy is 
nothing like Lockhart.

http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/gilderoy.html

Demelza





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