[HPforGrownups] Re: house elves and laundry

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 65572

In a message dated 6/28/2003 11:25:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
RedWingsChica at starband.net writes:

> My theory (and I've always wondered the whole laundry thing) is maybe 
> wizards have some sort of automatic laundry cleaner. They just put their stuff in 
> a basket, and wa-lah, it's clean. However, not all places have these - just 
> the richer ones (the ones who would have house elves).
> 

I've always read it that the clothes had to be literally GIVEN to the house 
elf - that is, passed from hand to hand, as Lucius does with the sock.  Leaving 
laundry to be done wouldn't count as "giving".

Sherrie


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