How can they tell who's a Muggle?

Tue Feb 18 05:24:47 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 52414

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "GRACE701 <grace701 at y...>"
<grace701 at y...> wrote:
> As I'm re-reading GoF, I've come to a halt.  How can Wizards, 
> particularly the DEs, tell who is a Muggle?  It can't be because they 
> wear Muggle clothing because the Weasley kids wear Muggle clothes.  
> The only thing that can give a Muggle away is if they speak to 
> someone and show them their lack of knowledge about the WW.  Unless 
> you're Hermione.  :-D
> 
> So does anyone know the answer?  Has this been talked about before?
> 
> 
> Greicy

I think that other wizards can "feel" the presence of another wizard
around, because of the magic.  Just in GoF, Harry felt the presence of
another "magical person" several times.  Like in the woods, after the
Dark Mark is casted, Harry felt the presence of Bartemius Crouch Jr. 
Even when Barty is under an invisibility cloak (athough harry doesn't
know its Barty at the time, and ignores his feelings/instinct).  And
again, near the end of GoF, when Dumbledore blasted Barty Jr, Harry
can feel the eminating power of Dumbledore.

So perhaps wizards can feel the magic of another wizard, and thus know
the other is a muggle/squib by having a "sixth sense" in discerning magic.

Conquistas - Goes back to lurking