Underage magic (was: Re: Silent/Wandless Magic?) (long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 101581

Jacqui:
> > When Harry recieved his warning they only mentioned
> > one of the four spells that he cast that night.  He 
> > did a Lumos spell to find his wand even before he did 
> > the Patronum one (which he did three times).  Now we 
> > know from Harry's trial that they "thought" he was the 
> > only wizard within miles because they monitor that area
> > closely.  So it could be possible that they way they 
> > monitor magic is by where it is done not by whom.  
> 

Rebeka:
> Actually, reading your answer, something came to my
> mind. Maybe underage magic is allowed to the extent
> that Muggles can explain it. I mean, if Muggles see a
> wizard casting "Lumos", they can assume that guy was
> switching a flashlight on. A Patronus Charm cannot be
> easily explained by Muggles. Does anyone see my point here?
> 


SSSusan:
YES, I can, Rebeka.  It was a point I was going to make.  I think 
whoever said that picking out Ron or George or Ginny from amongst all 
the (magical) Weasleys would be next to impossible is right.  And I 
also think that Draco--or ANY witch/wizard in an all-magical family--
would likely get away with all kinds of magic, as long as no damage 
was done, no one was hurt, **and** no MUGGLES witnessed it.  In the 
cases where Harry's gotten in trouble with the MoM, at least 2 out of 
the 3 of those criteria have usually been met, and *definitely* the 
Muggle criteria!

Siriusly Snapey Susan