Every Tom, Dick and Harry...

[frugalarugala]

No: HPFGUIDX 117521


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jp velasco <jiggsvelasco at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> SSSusan:
> > Interesting!  And it's not just that they're common nicknames, 
but 
> > that they come from that "Tom, Dick and Harry" grouping.  Any 
ideas 
> > on who's going to turn out to be Dick, then? :-)
> 
> Finwitch:
> > Dick's the Half Blood Prince, I guess... now we just need to find 
> > out his surname. One with a meaning since we have Riddle (in a 
way, 
> > the prophecy is a riddle too!) and Potter (common enough, a 
profession 
> > for making pottery out of clay).
> 
> 
> JP here:
>  
> A thought just occured to me... correct me if I'm wrong but, isn't 
Dick the nickname for Richard? Which in turn is associated with the 
Lion...(British Royalty) which in turn is a cat... in which Jo has 
given in her website that clue that is associated with lions? (not to 
mention the Gryffindor Mascot) so 
> I think that Dick is the Half-Blood Prince!
>  
> Thoughts? Reactions? Comments anyone?

Higgs is an old nickname for Richard...