Lily and Magic outside of school (was Fudge/Transfer of Power/Lily's Family)

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 107859

Amey

"This solves the mystery how Lily could easily do magic at home in vacation, if her family was magic."


DuffyPoo now:

I don't think so.  I think, if she truly had done magic at home in vacation, and it wasn't just Petunia's ranting, then the rule must have been changed at some point between her time at Hogwarts and Harry's.  

In PS we have: 

'...notes were handed out to all students, warning them not to use magic over the holidays ('I always hope they'll forget to give us these,' said Fred Weasley sadly);...'  Even the Weasley kids know they can't do magic out of school.  

In CoS we have:

'They [Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George and Ginny] made the most of the last few hours in which they were allowed to do magic before the holidays.'  Wizard kids again knowing they can't do magic after they get off the train.

However, I'm still trying to figure out how Fred and George improved Percy's Head Boy badge to read 'Bighead Boy' without the use of magic.  (PoA chapt 4)  And I know Fred & George turned Ron's teddybear into a spider, but that must be some sort of 'pre-Hogwarts' type of magic that they are allowed to use.  There must be some type of magic these kids can do or their parents would never know if they are wizards until the letter arrives.  Nothing stops them making little explosions in their room, whatever they are doing to cause those.

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