Cauldrons & Bill Weasley

[Carolyn <summer2999@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50784

About a week or so ago a made a post, and it never showed up at the 
boards, and I also never got an email saying it wouldn't be posted, 
so I'm trying again.

My question is about cauldrons.  In the first book, a cauldron is on 
Harry's school supply list, and he contemplates getting a solid gold 
one.  My question is, what do the students do with their cauldrons 
once they get to school?  It's not very practical to think that they 
carry their cauldron around with them until Potions class, because 
cauldrons are heavy.  I also don't think they use them for homework 
purposes, because it would make sense that the only potion making 
students do is under the watch of Professor Snape--what if something 
went wrong?  So what then, is the purpose of the cauldron?  Also in 
CoS, Hermione had a cauldronw with which to brew the Polyjuice 
potion.  Where did she get it?  Why would the students be required 
to buy something they never use?  The cauldrons that are used in 
Potions class, I've always assumed, were just already there.  Soo... 
does anyone have an explanation for this?

One more thing... I've read discussions in various places about the 
full names of the Weasleys.  Has anyone considered Bill's full name 
to be Bilius?  Because in PoA, there is the line, "Ron looked at 
Hermione as if she had gone mad.  'Hermione, if Harry's seen a Grim, 
that's--that's bad,' he said. 'My--my uncle Bilius saw one and--and 
he died twenty-four hours later!'"  Has anyone considered the 
possibility that Bill was named after his uncle?  It would make 
sense.

Well that's all I have to say for now.  I hope this gets posted, and 
I look forward to feedback.

Peace,
Carolyn