Serpensotia spell. Was:Underage magic (was: Re: Silent/Wandless Magic?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 101960

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan" <teilani2002 at y...> 
wrote:

snip.

> Susan:
> I assumed Snape taught Draco and other Slytherines that particular 
> spell because the snake represents Slytherine House, but LM could 
> also have taught it to DM since LM was a Slyth and his son now is.  
I 
> also thought it was supposed to be just a coincidence that DM 
> conjures a snake, and lo and behold, Harry can talk to it.


Alla:

Is there any evidence in canon that any other Slyhterin knows this 
spell. I always assumed that Snape told Draco this spell right before 
the duel. I think that Snape suspected that Harry is a Parselmouth 
and wanted to test his suspicion.