Timing of the prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 117476


 
> Del replies :
> A last piece of info if you want it : in his after-disaster speech, 
DD
> says :
> 
> 'Sybill's prophecy could have applied to two wizard boys, both born 
at
> the end of July that year'
> 

Neri:

Good catch, Del. This "that year" indeed seems to imply that the 
prophecy was given in 1980. But I'm still not convinced. 
Trelawney's "nearly sixteen years" (said in September 1985) seems 
more specific in time than DD's "cold wet night sixteen years ago" 
(said in June 1986). The "cold and wet" also implies winter or 
autumn. So my question is: when DD says "that year", could he mean 
the school year, not the calendar year? In this case it could also 
mean October or November 1979. DD is likely to think in terms of 
school years since he was a headmaster all that time. Moreover, JKR 
is likely to think in terms of school years, since her books follow 
them. 

Neri