Crookshanks name defined

Mon Apr 26 02:05:16 UTC 2004

No: HPFGUIDX 96964

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catportkey at a... wrote:
>     I wondered why JKR picked "Crookshanks" as the name for the 
cat. 
> Pook

AmanitaMuscaria now - Sorry, I just thought the name was descriptive -
 the cat is mentioned as being distinctly bowlegged, or 'crooked 
shanked', thus Crookshanks. I have a feeling it's a witch's cat's 
name from a children's book, but this is long gone in the mists of my 
memory..
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria