Minerva McGonagall--DD's Right-Hand Woman or Truly a Secondary Character?

[vidar_fe]

No: HPFGUIDX 115490


Nadine:
> I doubt she is a muggle born otherwise she would know what a 
sherbet 
> lemon is. In the first pages of PS/SS (chapter The Boy Who Lived), 
> Dumbledore offers Minerva a sherbet lemon to which she 
responds : «A 
> what ?» «They're a kind of Muggle sweet I'm rather fond of» replies 
> DD.



vidar_fe:
I don't think this is an argument. Remember how old she is. When she 
grew there probably weren't any sherbet lemons. Of course this 
doesn't necessarily make her pureblod, it's just that IMHO this 
particular argument is not valid.