Ron might die!

[mongo62aa]

No: HPFGUIDX 54649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Andrea" <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> --- Brinforest wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <horsegirlaeg at h...> 
> > wrote:
> > > <snip> It is very possible that Ron Weasley's character is 
based 
> > > on the legend of Running Weasel, a warlord of the 6th Dynasty. 
> > > Running Weasel never lost a game of chess and was killed by his 
> > rat 
> > > that was dyed yellow by some of his friends as a joke earlier.  
> > 
> > I understand that the existence of this legend has already been 
> > questioned here earlier, and to me it certainly sounds 
suspicious. 
> > Do you, Ali, or anyone else, know for sure that this actually is 
an 
> > old legend and not made up? Any reliable sources older than the 
HP 
> > books?
> 
> Yes, I too am very suspicious of this so-called legend.  I did a 
quick
> Google search for "Running Weasel" and the ONLY results that turn up
> are either HP-related sites or ones that are literally talking 
about a
> weasel running. *g*  Surely if this was a real legend, it would turn
> up SOMEWHERE else.  I'd like to know if anyone's heard of this
> "legend" through anything BUT an HP site.
> 
> 
> Andrea

This story has been circulating for at least a year.  It is NOT 
TRUE!  I have read quite a few posts at various places, debunking it.

Apparently, somebody wrote the story as a joke, and it got picked up 
and is now spread so widely that it has become a widely-believed myth.