Mummies and rats and eyeballs. Oh my!

[aaoconnor2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43930

Cough, cough.  Excuse me but the archives are sort of dusty.  

I've just spent some time there trying to see if there has been any 
discussion on something that struck me as I was re-reading PoA last 
night.  (What's that?  No, I didn't even need a bandaid.  It didn't 
strike me that hard, but thanks for asking.<g>)

There have been many threads on boggarts and their abilities but what 
I am curious about now are the specific forms that the boggart took 
when confronted by the DADA class.  They were:

1) Professor Snape who ended up in Granny Longbottom's dress and hat
2) A mummy that fell over and lost its head
3) A banshee that lost her voice
4) A rat that chased its tail in a circle
5) A rattlesnake
6) A single, bloody eyeball
7) A severed hand that gets trapped in a mousetrap
8) A giant spider that loses its legs
9) A full moon
10) A cockroach

Knowing all the foreshadowing that goes on in the Potterverse 
chronicles I wondered where these seemingly small details could take 
us.

I seriously doubt that Snape will actually, at any point, end up in a 
dress. I think that will be left for the fanfiction writers.  We 
already know of Ron's aversion to spiders and Lupin's 
problems with the moon so what does that leave us?

A rat that goes around in circles.  When you go around in circles 
it's hard to know which side you're on.  Anybody else see Pettigrew?

A single, bloody eyeball screams "Mad-Eye Moody" after you've read 
GoF.

A mummy that loses its head.  The only connection we seem to have 
with mummies is the fact that Bill Weasley works in Egypt.  I hope 
this isn't a sign of Bill's future.

A banshee that loses its voice.  Isn't hearing a banshee another 
death omen?  Since it loses its voice could that mean that someone we 
thought would die won't?

A rattlesnake.  I don't have a thought on this one since snakes are 
all over the place in these stories.  Anybody else have any thoughts?

A severed hand in a mousetrap.  Here's hoping that having Pettigrews 
severed hand as part of his rebirth will backfire and trap Voldemort 
somehow.

A cockroach.  If the house elves go on strike could an infestation be 
far behind?  (OK, give me a break it's been a long day and I know I'm 
just being silly.)

Anyway, just thought I would throw out this lengthy (sorry) rant and 
see if anybody else had any thoughts.

Audrey (who really hopes that the only traumatic thing that happens 
to Bill Weasley's head is a haircut, but not too short mind you!)