[HPforGrownups] Naked house elves/questions

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 120151


>Jeanette:
>  Where do house elves get their clothes?  If no one can give a 
>house elf clothes I guess they must make their own. Are their 
>families allowed to give them the cloth?  Do they have to scavenge 
>discarded rags?

 Steve here:
	I've always thought that the elves scrounged their clothes from
scraps, maybe passed down from generation to generation. After all, a badly
clothed house elf is still better than a naked one.
	Dobby's masters were the Malfoy family, Winky's were the Crouches,
and Kreacher's master was Sirius. Who is the master of the Hogwarts house
elves? I figured that either the staff or maybe the MOM 'owned' the elves,
but not the students. If the students don't 'own' the elves then Hermione
couldn't set any elves free no matter how hard she tried. Maybe that's why
none of the teachers seem to be trying to stop her from setting them free.
Of course the elves find clothes shameful, and stop cleaning Gryffindor
tower after finding the hats and socks, but would those clothes really have
set them free?

Steve
Who wants to thank Jeanette for putting the image of a naked Dobby in my
head.


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