Marauder's houses, was: Re: Sirius Black and Lexicon Contmaination

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No: HPFGUIDX 84461

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...> 
wrote:
> Cheekyweebisom:
> 
> >DEFINITELY not. Definitely. We know James was in Gryffindor. My 
> friend's run off with my books, so I can't give you a quote, but 
he 
> is in Gryffindor.<

James is in Gryffindor. That's given in the book. It's on page 704 
of the US edition of OP. Ron rumples his hair and Harry grins 
because it reminds him "forcibly of another Gryffindor Quidditch 
player...", which is a reference to James's actions Harry witnessed 
in Snape's memory.

As for Lupin and Sirius, the conversation on page 170 (US) is the 
most telling. Clearly from Sirius' comments, only one of the three 
of them could have been made Prefect, and that one turned out to be 
Lupin. If they were in different houses, Lupin's being made Prefect 
would't have precluded the others from getting a badge too. 

I realize that this isn't going to convince those of you who have 
other theories, but honestly, it is extremely strong evidence 
indeed. When you add to that the other clues-- for example Sirius 
knowing the layout of Gryffindor Tower, right down to which 
dormitory would be hold third year boys in that particular year, and 
Lupin's favoritism toward Gryffindor's Quidditch team--it's pretty 
hard to believe any argument against them all being in Gryffindor. 

Peter Pettigrew, however, is the one question mark. Although I am 
convinced that if the others were in Gryffindor then Peter was too, 
there are no clues at all to back that up. We'll have to wait and 
see.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon

"Lexicon contamination"? I've never heard THAT one before! :)