Full moon question for the folklorists

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No: HPFGUIDX 97547

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at n... 
wrote:

Bookworm:
Shall we estimate a werewolf would feel the effects 24-36 hours 
before and after the totality? A werewolf would feel the full moon 
approaching for 6-12 hours , would transform for, say, 24 hours, 
then have to recover for another 6-12 hours as the moon's influence 
faded.
 
K
I may be misunderstanding your argument (entirely possible) but a 
werewolf obviously *doesn't* transform for 24 hours because Remus 
transformed  sometime late at night during the finale of PoA and 
then changed back sometime that morning - presumably not very late 
in the morning because once the students were awake I imagine a 
naked man might have some difficulty getting back to the castle 
without being seen ...

Bookworm:
And my math doesn't add up either. I should have said he would 
transform for about 12 hours. And I'll quit here before I dig myself 
in deeper <g>

Ravenclaw Bookworm <who is going back to Lurkdom until her brain 
starts catching up to her fingers...>