[HPforGrownups] Re: Question regarding Tom Riddle/what house was Hagrid in?

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 46490

Maureen Amber said

> In CoS chapter 13, Harry enters Riddle's diary and sees him staking out
the dungeons in order to catch Hagrid.  Even as a prefect, riddle would not
have much business on "Slytherin turf" unless he was a Slytherin.  Also, he
seems to have an understanding of what Hagrid is up to which would indicate
to me that the two are in the same house.
>
> Does this mean that Hagrid was in Slytherin?  Does anyone know what house
Hagrid was in?

And *this* is the question that gives *Hagrid*-lovers heartburn. [I should
buy some TUMs stock.] I had noticed before that he and Riddle use *first
names* for each other; this usage seems rare, at least by modern Hogwarts
standards, unless you know each other pretty well. Like being in the same
House, or being related. Otherwise it seems to be last names.

I haven't the time right now to comb for examples....anyone want to go for
looking into first-name usages?

~Amanda, keeping one roll of TUMs in reserve for when that infernal "Snape
is a vampire" thread comes around again