Mundungus and the Hog's Head

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No: HPFGUIDX 99550

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

>    I don't think so because of the timing.  Sirius tells the trio 
> that Mundungus has been banned from the Hog's Head twenty years 
ago. 
> (OoTP 17)  
> 
>    Dumbledore tells Harry that, "On a cold wet night sixteen years 
> ago," is when he heard the prophecy from Trelawney.  By these two 
> facts, I don't think Mundungus is the one that overheard the 
> prophecy that night.
> 
> Mike Feemster

I guess that the timing is why I think that it is Mundungus.  If he 
had been banned 20 years ago, and the prophecy was made 16 years ago, 
he would already have been banned when the prophecy was msde.  So, if 
he was there 16 years ago while the prophecy was being made, and the 
owner/bartender found him there, he would have been thrown out 
immediately.  Also, Mundungus is clearly not the type to let a little 
thing like banishment keep him from where he wanted to be.  He showed 
that by being in the Hog's head during the initial DA meeting.