Who Hatched the Basilisk? was Re: Heir versus Descendant of Slytherin

[gregory_lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 99872

> As for how to hatch one:
> 
> A Rooster must lay the egg--during a certain phase of the moon, a 
lot of legends say, but I can't remember what phase off the top of my 
head...
> It must be buried in a dung heap
> It then must be tended by a toad (or some legends say a snake) 
until the egg hatches.
> 
> Silverthorne/Anne

Forgive me for dredging up a thread y'all thought was dead and gone 
but I was wondering.

Buried in a dung heap, and we have a character named "Dung" who is 
rather heapish.  That is, if you dressed him in drab clothes and 
stuck him in a corner, I'll bet folks would confuse him with a heap 
of rags.

And don't we have a character incessantly described as toadlike?  
Can't you just picture Umbridge hatching a basilisk?