Hello I'm new, and switching spells

[Kristen]

No: HPFGUIDX 72601

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KellyWLSC" <kellywlsc at y...> 
wrote:
> Hi everyone, I'm new.  My name is Kelly, I'm from Ohio, and I love 
> HP.  
> 
> I have refinished OoP for the third time now and there is a 
> line in the book during the Transfiguration O.W.L. where it says 
> that Harry forgot what Switching Spells were.  They've been 
> mentioned in the other books.  
> 
> For example, in the first book, Hermione warns Harry not to break 
anymore rules because he might lose all the points she won from 
McGonagall for knowing 
> about Switching Spells.  They are bound to be important 
> somehow, because we still do not know much about them, and 
> they are still being talked about minimally.  Does anyone have 
> any ideas about them?  It's been bugging me.
> 
> "Kelly"

Welcome, Kelly...

All we know about Switching Spells is that they are a classification 
of Transfiguration where one form of species or creature is 
transformed into another. 

You can find a definition at http://www.hp-
lexicon.org/spells_c.html#cross-species 

Apparently, they aren't easy to do and in GoF, Hermoine doesn't have 
a high opinion of their worth. A switching spell was considered as an 
option for his first trial with the dragon, but she thought the spell 
useless "unless you swapped its fangs...for something less 
dangerous..." 

Does this help?

madeyesgal