Troll's leg umbrella stand

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 111707

Recent discussion of Tonks' clumsiness reminded me of the BIG DEAL 
that Galadriel Waters made of the troll's leg umbrella stand at 12 
Grimmauld Place (which Tonks tripped over) in her New Clues to HP 5 
book.  I kept racking my brain, racking my brain....  WHAT could be 
significant about Tonks stumbling over a severed troll's leg umbrella 
stand?  WHY did GW go nuts about this thing being mentioned a couple 
of times in the OotP chapter on GP?

Have y'all discussed this to death?  In the year+ I've been here, I 
can't recall any discussion of it.  So here's my question.  Is 
**this** what GW was going off about?  Severed troll's leg umbrella 
stand = *SEVER*ed troll's leg *U*mbrella *S*tand = SEVERUS.  Is there 
supposed to be some clue about Severus Snape in the troll's leg US?


Siriusly Snapey Susan, curious if anyone things there is something to 
this or whether I'm just nuts.