[HPforGrownups] Unicorn Hairs was Innocent victims

[Peter and Denise Clements]

No: HPFGUIDX 41293



>From: Jenny

>Is it necessary to kill the unicorn to get a couple of hairs?  The procurer
>of the wand ingredients could follow a unicorn around the forest, waiting
>for it to snag some hairs on a bit of flora, and then simply gather them
up.


In GoF when they're having their wands tested Mr Ollivander says:

"Ah, now, this is one of mine, isn't it?" said Mr. Ollivander, with much
more
enthusiasm, as Cedric handed over his wand. "Yes, I remember it well.
Containing
a single hair from the tail of a particularly fine male unicorn. . . must
have been
seventeen hands; nearly gored me with his horn after I plucked his tail. "

Denise