Rrandom questions

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91041

Sue:
> I have two questions which have probably been discussed before.  Why 
> didn't Mrs. Figg go to St. Mungo's when she broke her leg?  If she is 
> in touch with Wizards (Dumbledore even) couldn't someone have helped 
> her so she did not have to live in a cast for several weeks?

Carol:
I think there are several reasons. 1) She's a Squib, not a witch, and
couldn't apparate from Little Whinging (Which IIRC is in surrey) to
London, 2) She's posing as a Muggle, and 3) St. Mungo's is for
magically induced injuries.

> 
> My second question is in regard to wands.  Is it possible that it is 
> fairly common for students to replace their wands when they start 
> their NEWT training?  I know there was no mention of Percy or the 
> twins replacing theirs but we know that Ron had Charlie's (or maybe 
> Bill's) old wand when he started at Hogwarts.  Perhaps this only 
> happens if they are learning something that their first wand is not 
> as good as another type of wand would be?  Do you suppose then that 
> someone like Dumbledore would have an entire wardrobe, depending on 
> what he wanted to do? 
>
Carol:
I don't know about Dumbledore, but Charlie must certainly have bought
a second, more powerful, wand before giving his old one to Ron, and as
I noted in another post, Ollivander state that he remembers Lily
buying her *first* wand (swishy, willow, nice wand for charm work),
which implies that she later bought a second (again, presumably more
powerful) wand as a teenager or young adult. A wand bought at
Ollivander's is presumably suitable for the eleven-year-old whose
parent or guardian buys it, but wizards whose powers develop greatly
while they're at Hogwarts very likely buy a second wand later.

Carol, who remembers Mr. Ollivander saying that every wand is
different and wonders how Fred's differs from George's