Troll's leg umbrella stand

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 111775

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> SSSusan wrote:
> > Recent discussion of Tonks' clumsiness reminded me of the BIG DEAL
> > that Galadriel Waters made of the troll's leg umbrella stand at 12
> > Grimmauld Place (which Tonks tripped over) in her New Clues to HP 
5
> > book. I kept racking my brain, racking my brain.... WHAT could be
> > significant about Tonks stumbling over a severed troll's leg 
> > umbrella stand? WHY did GW go nuts about this thing being 
> > mentioned a couple of times in the OotP chapter on GP?
> > 
> > So here's my question. Is **this** what GW was going off about? 
> > Severed troll's leg umbrella stand = *SEVER*ed troll's leg 
> > *U*mbrella *S*tand = SEVERUS. Is there supposed to be some clue 
> > about Severus Snape in the troll's leg US?

Hmm... few things that come to mind:

Severus & Tripping over/being clumsy: Neville.

Also, as it's troll's leg: a Troll was trying to kill Hermione, but 
Harry&Ron won it with distraction (Harry) and it's own club (Ron). 
Also, Hermione LIED about her reason to be in there (pulling 
McConagall's leg in other words). Severus was present when she did 
that, curiously enough.

And, umbrella brings into mind Hagrid (and his broken wand concealed 
within his pink umbrella). Hagrid's wand was inside an umbrella 
because Tom Riddle pulled his leg by framing him (and Aragog) during 
his third year... Tom Marvolo Riddle liked to make the Anagram I AM 
LORD VOLDEMORT out of his name. Hagrid mentioned meeting someone who 
gave him a dragon's egg when Harry was questioning Severus Snape... 
(and that someone was Voldemort)...

Severed troll's leg umbrella stand.. SEVERUS. 
SEVERUS DEMENTOR (Neville's worst fear, and Harry's)

- ll's lgubrellastad (dunno what these could add, but if this clue is 
anagram, I think there will be 'll added...)

Finwitch