A question to ponder (Dumbledore)

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26968

Cindy wrote:> 
>   Perhaps this is Prof. Trewlawney's first Real Prediction.  
Perhaps 
>   before or after the events at Godric's Hollow, Prof. Trewlawney 
goes 
>   into a trance and gives a detailed description to Dumbledore.  
Then 
>   he puts the rest of the events together based on Hagrid's report.
> 
>   This approach would be convenient, anyway.  Too bad Trewlawney 
did 
>   not also See that Sirius was not the secret keeper.
> 

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lucy Austin" <lucy at l...> wrote:
> Sorry, but that doesn't work at all - a prediction can't be a 
detailed description of something that's already happened!!

Sorry, I guess I didn't make myself very clear.  I am thinking that 
many years ago, before Voldemort's downfall, perhaps Professor 
Trelawney made a prediction about the events of Godric's Hollow, e.g. 
that James and Lily would have a son who would defeat the Greatest 
Dark Wizard Who Ever Lived, etc.  

I don't know if we are told how long Professor Trelawney has been 
teaching at Hogwarts, though.  I know that in PoA, McGonnagal tells 
us that Trelawney has predicted the death of a student annually for 
as long as she has taught at Hogwarts, but I can't pin down the dates.

Cindy