nine and three quarters

[liana_goldenquill]

No: HPFGUIDX 55264

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hans" <ibotsjfvxfst at y...> 
wrote:
> Has anyone thought of the significance of the number nine and three 
> quarters?
> 
> I have searched through all the ancillary books and the archive of 
> this group, but can't find any explanation of the meaning of that 
> number.

I have heard an old legend that Boudicca/Boadicea was buried between 
platforms 9 and 10 of the King's Cross Station.  I remember this myth 
from long before I read the first Harry Potter book, so I'm not sure 
I can find sources to back it up, but I will keep trying.

Boudicca or Boadicea (there are many variations) was a Celtic warrior-
queen who was eventually conquered and killed by Roman troops, who 
went on to pillage her villages, rape her daughters, and so on.  
Simply because she was Celtic, she is popularly perceived to have a 
link with magic.  

I am not sure why King's Cross was supposed to have been erected over 
her burial site.  But if J. K. has heard the same legends I have, I 
am certain that she wouldn't pass up the opportunity to link the 
wizarding world to its ancestors.

"liana_goldenquill"