Ogg the Gamekeeper

[ayers185]

No: HPFGUIDX 84592

___nkittyhawk, who doesn't believe in flints, wrote:
> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hagrid said he got the 
> Gamekeeper job after he was kicked out of Hogwarts (maybe right 
> after, a year after - that sort of time frame)
> Well, I though it a bit strange that Mrs. Weasley at the end of GoF 
> was reminiscing about the gamekeeper that came before Hagrid (Ogg).
> Wouldn't that mean she (and, of course, Arthur) were at school with 
> Tom Riddle, Hagrid and Myrtle, or even *before* them? 


It is quite impossible, in my opinion, to assume that Hagrid just one 
day took over the job, leaving his predecessor out of a job.  What 
makes more sense is that Hagrid was apprenticed to Ogg until such 
time as he was ready to take o'er the job himself.

"ayers185"