Draco's taunt about Lily's pigsty house

[lily_paige_delaney]

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Something I find interesting is that Draco always seems to have very 
good information - no doubt thanks to that scheming father of his.

For example:

In PS/SS he knows who the Weasley's are and that they are poor.
In CoS he knows about the girl who died the last time the Chamber was 
opened.
In PoA he knew what Sirius was in Azkaban for and taunted Harry about 
getting revenge.
In GoF he already knew all about the tri-wizard tournament before it 
was announced.

What I'm getting to here is that in OoP he makes two interesting 
comments.

1. On the train he spooks Harry and Hermoine with his "dogging your 
footsteps" comment which they attribute to his knowledge of Sirius 
being an animagus (which he probably did as we later find out that 
the Death Eaters knew).

2. He makes a very interesting comment which is responsible for the 
fight after the Quidditch match when George and Harry attack him.  
Draco talks about the Weasley's house smelling like a pigsty and says 
to Harry that perhaps he remembers what his own mother's house smelt 
like and so feels at home at the Weasley's.

To me this brings forth a range of questions.  Does Draco know 
anything about Lily? (I bet he does). Was Lily's family as poor as 
the Weasley's? and if so, is this the reason why Petunia has such an 
ultra clean house with all mod cons - is she trying to make up for 
the house she grew up in?

Something to ponder.

LPD