OotP: Petunia

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No: HPFGUIDX 64059

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizcrosssmith" 
<lizcrosssmith at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > See I always thought some of the rules about using magic out of 
> > school did not apply when Lily went to Hogwarts, didn't Petunia 
> > mention in PS/SS that Lily use to come home turning tea cups into 
> > frogs, or something like that? . . . So maybe the parents weren't 
> squibs but the rules banning underage magic out of school did not 
> exist either, it is possible.
> 
> FYI,
> 
> The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery dates 
> to 1875 (OotP, US, Chapter 8, pg 140).  
> 
> Also, it must apply to wizarding families as well, because we see 
> Fred & George zaping every chance they have after they become of 
> age.  If they could have done that all along at home, it would have 
> been old hat by then, no fun at all.
> 
> Liz

My apologies I have yet to reread OotP, but were the rules not as 
enforced? My copy is packed so I cannot check but it (and I am almost 
postive on this) mentions in PS/SS her using magic when at home and 
we know that any magic done anywhere near Harry gets an owl sent to 
him at once.