What's going on under Snape's robes (longish)

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No: HPFGUIDX 74606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathy" <zanelupin at y...> wrote:
> 
> I can't recall which book and they're out in my car at the moment, 
> but in one of them I distinctly remember there being something said 
> about the Weasley children wearing muggle clothing over summer but 
> they're parents wearing robes.  I got the impression that was 
pretty 
> much all they wore.  And given Arthur Weasley's fondness for things 
> muggle, I can just see him wanting his children to wear muggle 
> clothing if possible.  Plus, I'll bet it's a lot easier for 
children 
> to run around and do all sorts of fun things in muggle clothing 
than 
> in robes which may get in the way and could prove embarassing if 
> that's all they wore.  
> Maybe Snape's family was so "above" things muggle that the thought 
of 
> wearing anything associated with them was horrifying.  Perhaps they 
> even frowned upon young children wearing anything other than wizard 
> robes.  Severus wasn't wearing anything other than underpants under 
> his robe when he was fifteen because he never did.
> 
> KathyK

OK, I give up! You guys have convinced me. I guess I always just 
pictured wizard outfits to be something like a priest. You know, 
pants, shirt, robe. When I read the pensieve scene in OoP, I just 
couldn't believe Snape was skulking around with nothing but tighty-
whiteys under his robes. But your right, I'll bet his parents frowned 
on wearing on muggle clothing. From the sounds of things, being a 
pureblood family was about the only thing they had to hold onto. And 
I can't really picture young Snape frolicking about in "play clothes" 
on his summer holidays. No wonder he sits around that filthy house 
shooting down flies!

Allyson