QTTA Possible FLINT

[Linda C. McCabe]

No: HPFGUIDX 40108


Hello All,
I recently purchased Quidditch Through The Ages having seen many people
referring to it on this list.  In trying to discern clues that might be
hidden in it about characters, etc. I saw what may be a FLINT.

The inside front cover has the list of students who checked out the book and
the due dates for return to the library.  Given the fact that the school
starts on September 1st and they have a two month summer holiday, I've
gathered that the Hogwarts Express leaves on June 30th.  This is the part
that gets squirrelly - there are four entries during the summer recess.

C. Diggory 3 July
A. Johnson 19 July
E. Macmillan 12 August
T. Boot 21 August


I can see that Cedric's due date might be the type of bureaucratic thing
that my university library does and simply keeps the two week checkout
period (or whatever the time frame is) the same even when there's school
holidays.  So, it wouldn't automatically be truncated to June 30th.  But how
to explain the other three entries and their dates.

Does Madam Irma Pince keep the library open during the Summer months as a
reference for the wizarding community at large?  Or just students?  Or
what's going on?  I mean JKR could have used the same names on this list and
simply started the dates with September going to June, but instead she
started in April and went through the summer and ended with Harry Potter's
checking the book out and being due on March 11th.


Hmmm.  Very Curious.

I also noticed a few names I hadn't seen before in any of the books.
(Although maybe they are there in the famous toss off a name and make it
seem meaningless passages.)  Does anyone recognize these names:

B. Dunstan
K. Bundy
J. Domy
S. Capper


Oh and I did notice T. Nott.  The only mention that I can recall in the four
books is that Nott was sorted along with Moon and Sally-Anne Perks during
Harry's sorting scene but no house affiliations were mentioned.  Then during
the graveyard scene Nott was identified as a Death Eater.  So, that lead me
to assume that Nott the younger is probably a Slytherin, but we don't know
for sure nor do we know if T. Nott is male or female.  Of course if it is
Tabitha Nott, she could be part of Pansy Parkinson's gang of Slytherin
girls.  Having only Pansy and Millicent Bulstrode as the only identified
female Slytherins of Harry's year makes "gang" seem a bit rich.  I've never
heard of a gang of two.

Just some food for thought on a Thursday morning.

Athena