Droobles gum wrapper theory

[Andrea]

No: HPFGUIDX 68834

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blaydz10" <heidi at b...> wrote:
> 
> My thought was that the candy ingested was not unlike those in the
> Weasley's skiving snackboxes. That is, Neville's mother is 
continually
> addled due to 'poisoned' candy. She obviously eats a lot since she 
has
> given Neville enough wrappers to paper his room, and we know that
> gifts are not checked for hazardous properties, so...
 

Would not be the first time that candy (or it's packaging, anyway) 
has figured prominently in the solving of a mystery in the 
Potterverse...The trio might still be puzzling over Nicholas Flammel 
if Harry hadn't remembered the wizard cards (Chocolate Frog, anyone??)
in Book 1.  Seems to me that Neville's mother could be held prisoner 
in her own mind and the constant slipping of the wrappers is a clue 
that she is hoping Neville will someday figure out.