"facts" in the Harry Potter Lexicon (WAS summer vacation)

Wed Sep 26 16:39:55 UTC 2001

No: HPFGUIDX 26741

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch 
<rowena_grunnion_ffitch at y...> wrote:
>     I think it's the Lexicon, or maybe JKR herself,
> who stated Hogwarts is abandoned for the summer by
> everybody but Filch, (and maybe Hagrid).

If it's in the Lexicon, it IS from JKR herself. I don't make stuff 
up. She mentioned this in an interview with the Southwest News on 
July 8, 2000. 

In case you're curious, the reference in the Lexicon is here:
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_schedules.html

It details the year at Hogwarts, when various feasts happen, and also 
mentions that Filch is the only one who stays behind at Hogwarts 
during the summer.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon