Did James and Lily know about the prophecy?

[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 86616

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> Madmaxime:
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> I believe it was her last ditch effort to save him, if all else
> failed.  She knew that Voldemort was willfully ignorant of this 
type
> of protection, and so would not be expecting it. I believe she had 
the
> spell set in place, waiting to be activated before Voldemort even
> entered the room.
> 
> Max

I believe she cast the spell in advance as well.  
The charm she cast that protects Harry is pretty 
powerful.  It is possible that she was that good 
at charms and did cast the spell that night, but 
I'd always thought it sounded like something that 
required a bit more preparation.

Yolanda