Apology Re: Mundungus and the Hog's Head

[ck32976]

No: HPFGUIDX 99554

I apologize for posting before reading OotP FAQ. I only did an 
archive search that turned up nothing on the subject.  Sorry. :( 
Quite silly, really, to think I found something new when the 
iincredible minds on this list have had almost anentire year in which 
to discuss the book, but anyway.
I do still wonder if it has any meaning if it were Mundungus who 
heard the prophecy, though.
Carrie-Ann
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ck32976" <ck32976 at y...> wrote:
> --- 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.