Hints that Sirus would die

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 75818

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "supermonkee90" 
<Supermonkee90 at a...> wrote:
> In the 5th book I think there were signs that Sirius would die.  
One of 
> them was that Sirius lived at 12 Grimmauld Place.  And Grim is the 
sign 
> of death (a dog).
> 
> "supermonkee90"

Yes, but I think this was JKR having one of her word games with place 
names as with Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and Durmstrang etc.

It has already been pointed out that Grimmauld Place is "Grim Old 
Place". I wonder whether this was put into JKR's mind by the fact 
that she started writing the book when she was in Edinburgh and this 
city is sometimes nicknamed "Auld Reekie" by the Scots.