Why not ask Hagrid

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No: HPFGUIDX 119082


Kathy writes [with a few snips]:
> Hagrid tends to get glossed over somehow.  He is always 
> there like a "best supporting" but without being particularly 
> noticed.
> 1.  He was at school with Riddle.  
> 2.  He was still at Hogwarts after his expulsion 
> 3.   Hagrid was in the original Order of the Phoenix so he would 
> have been privy to most of the information.
> 4.   Hagrid knew all about Harry's parents.  Knew them personally 
> at school and as adults.
> 5.   Hagrid was at Hogwarts all through the Marauders days and knew 
> Snape as a student as well.  In PS/SS Hagrid denies that Snape 
> hates Harry but can not meet his eyes.  He obviously knows that 
> Snape hates Harry, and why, and it would appear obvious that this 
> has recently been discussed.
> 7.    Hagrid knows something about Snape that causes him to "hotly" 
> deny that Snape would hurt a student and he was confident that 
> Snape was not after the stone.
> 8.    Hagrid could probably shed some light on why everyone was 
> satisfied at the time that Sirius was the spy.  He would also have 
> known about Lupin.

SSSusan:
And isn't it funny that Hagrid is *typically* such a blabbermouth, 
yet none of this has come out!  Curious, indeed.  As you say, Hagrid 
seems convinced of Snape's loyalty to the Order, for instance, but 
he's never let slip anything about why that is.  Mr. "I-Shouldn'ta-
Said-That"??  Is this because he really *doesn't* know the details, 
but only knows that DD trusts Snape and that's enough for him?  Or 
has he found a way to keep mum for once?

Then, of course, there's that bit about having known James & Lily and 
Harry's hesitance to ask questions.  Drat that kid!  I'm glad we're 
getting near the end so JKR can [geez, I hope!] "allow" him to 
finally ask some questions.

Siriusly Snapey Susan