CoS questions - Nick's unpetrification

[amycrn4230]

No: HPFGUIDX 95543

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
<saraandra at s...> wrote:

> I'm re-reading CoS (yet again), and was trying to work out how N-H-
> Nick got unpetrified. At the Deathday party, we learn that ghosts 
can 
> only 'almost' taste food as they walk through it, so how would the 
> mandrake root potion be administered to him?
> I had a search through past history, but couldn't find anything 
> relevant in 10k posts (geez - it's nearly 100k posts here!)
> Anyone got any ideas?
> I'm veering to Dumbledore doing something, but then think if he 
could 
> revive Nick, he could probably revive the others, and then, why 
> wouldn't he? At that point, I get into Dark!Dumbledore, and way too 
> confused!


My thoughts are that if they were all petrified; none of them "drank" 
it anyway...they had to administer it another way...perhaps in a 
salve? or with the vapors? so whatever they did to the others, the 
did it to Mrs. Norris, and NHN... (can you rub salve on a ghost? so 
maybe it is vapor induced?)and maybe his had to be triple strong to 
get the effect, like the old stinky rotting food was strong enough 
to "almost" taste. This is one of those conundrums that is fun to 
theorize about, but to each his/her own deduction!

Amy (about to start all over on the whole series again! :0