[HPforGrownups] Cauldrons & Bill Weasley

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 50831


 "Carolyn <summer2999 at aol.com>" <summer2999 at aol.com> wrote:
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?

Me:

I think the cauldrons in Potions class are the ones they purchased in Diagon Alley, and they are probably kept there, although it probably wouldn't be hard to carry them to Potions, either, as they've only got that class once a week. 

As for Hermione brewing Polyjuice, there can be 2 explanations:

1. She, as a model student, has 2 cauldrons.

2. There are 'school cauldrons' anyone can use - just like with brooms.

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Carolyn also wrote:

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.


Me:

In this situation (absolute lack of canon <g>) your guess is as good as mine, but I think Bill's full name is William.

Just look at all the other names in the family:

*Arthur* and *Molly* have children named Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny.

We *know* Ron's full name is Ronald. I think it's pretty safe to assume that Charlie is Charles (not Charlius), Fred is either Fred or Frederic (not Fredius), Percy is probably Percival (maybe Perceus? - doubt it) and George is George. Ginny is harder, it may be Virginia or something else, but she's a girl, so it doesn't matter.

Does that seem like a family that would name a kid Bilius? I don't think so.

Best regards,

Maria



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