Origin of word Muggles

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No: HPFGUIDX 77017

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bookraptor11" <DMCourt11 at c...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
> <carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> > Has anyone come up with a theory of where JKR got the 
> world 'muggles'?
> > Can't find anything on Fantastic posts or by searching the 
archive. 
> I 
> > came across a reference to Muggletonians today, which turned out 
to 
> > be an obscure UK religious sect in the 1600s. Did not seem a very 
> > obvious source ! Any ideas ?
> > 
> > CW
> 
> I don't know if this has ever been mentioned before, but there was 
a 
> children's book published in the 1960's I think (I read it when I 
was 
> 10 or 11 back in the early 70s), The Gammage Cup. The main 
> character's name was Muggles. I remembered the book when the 
lawsuit 
> with the other author came up a few years back. 
> 
> Donna


My personal favourite theory is that it is a refrence to pot.  

Golly