Lily and Alice Longbottom Was: Who were Lily's Hogwarts friends?

[ghinghapuss]

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> > rredordead at a... wrote:
Lily had to have had girl friends in school and most likely one 
> > particular girlfriend. 
> Then RSFJenny19 at a... wrote:
> > Well, my vote for a best friend would be Alice Longbottom.
> > <snip> 
> > It would definitely explain why Harry has never heard from 
> > Lily's best friend. Just my guess though :)
> 
> Now snazzzybird says:
> That's exactly what I've been thinking -- Alice Longbottom as Lily 
> Potter's best friend.  As a matter of fact, I first thought of this 
> when considering the fact that, although we know a lot about 
Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, we don't even know the identity of 
his godmother.  Surely she would have made herself known to him by 
now, if she were able.  It occurred to me that Alice, Lily's co-
worker and sister-in-arms, would be a natural choice.  Perhaps Lily 
was Neville's godmother as well.

Mandy (Rredordead at a) again:
I agree but I was hoping for a best friend who was alive enough to 
tell us (through Harry) what the deal is with Lily!  Can we expect 
Alice to recover after 15 years in insanity? :-(

In the UK the deal with Godparents is this: any child given 
Godparents (and it's usually the vaguely religious to religious 
protestant families) get tree.  Two of the same sex and one of the 
opposite sex.  So I had two Godmothers and one Godfather.  

I have always wondered where the other Godparents are and it makes 
sense that they could be Alice and Frank Longbottom which is why they 
have never come forward.