What Did DiaryTom Know & When Did He Know It?

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No: HPFGUIDX 73551

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Charlie Moody <shaman at m...> 
wrote:
> In CoS, Riddle makes reference to Harry's 'mud-blood mother';  how 
does he know?  DiaryTom was shut up in a notebook for 50 years - and 
arguably knew nothing about James or Lily, neither of whom would 
have been born during DiaryTom's time @ Hogwarts. 

> If all his information about Harry comes from Ginny Weasley, how 
does SHE come to cough up that particular chestnut?  And, if Ginny 
knows, how could Harry's best friend & resident expert on the 
WizardWorld (and Ginny's brother) have failed to mention that 
Harry's mother was Muggle-born, ESPECIALLY in light of Harry's 
ignorance of the term 'mudblood' earlier in the book?
> 

I thin DiaryTom got all of his information from Ginny.  Ron would 
have mentioned to Ginny that Harry's mom was muggle-born to explain 
that he lived with dreadful muggle relatives.

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