Hagrid as Gamekeeper (was Re: Protecting Privet Drive/witches'menopause/Animagi/

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 55795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa"
<william.truderung at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ladi lyndi <ladilyndi at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > However, this doesn't mean that the jobs of gamekeeper,
> > growndskeeper and Keeper of the Keys were always held by only one 
> > person.  .... Of course, Hagrid now also has the title of teacher.


> 
> Does anybody know what exactly each of these positions entail?  I 
> would think that 'Keeper of the Keys' would be a very dull job 
> - unless this is a ceremonial position of some sort.
> 
> Wouldn't having all four positions - Keeper of the Keys AND 
> Gamekeeper AND Keeper of the Grounds AND Professor of CoMC - be far 
> too much work for one person?  Does Hagrid have one or more 
> assistants, and if so where are they?
> 
> Bill


bboy_mn:

Keeper of Keys - 
Not a hard job, Hagrid has a master set of keys for the castle and
other buildings at the school.

Grounds Keeper - 
think Frank Bryce. Hagrid mows the lawn, trims the hedges, clears the
underbrush, maintains the trails, paths, and walkways, tends the
flower and vegetable gardens, etc.... That certainly sounds like a
full time job, but when you consider that he is probably allowed to
use magic to accomplish it, I don't think it's a strain. Hedges and
lawns are probably enchanted to stay a certain length, so they need
little tending. Anything plant related that isn't part of Herbology is
probably Hagrid responsibility.

Game Keeper - 
I think this is like wildlife and comservation management. He prevents
people from poaching on game in the forbidden forest, keeps people
from exploiting the plants and animals of the forest, provides any
game animals needed for food, raises a certain number of domestic food
animals (pigs, chickens, cows), etc. In practice, I think all it means
is that part of his job is to wander around the forbidden forest a
lot. With the use of magic, I don't see this job as much of a strain
either.

Personally, I think these are all different names for the same job, by
that I mean, that I think they were always the job of one man. Of
course, I can't prove that,


bboy_mn