Snape and Lily in potions

[nickel313]

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Cindy wrote:
>From an earlier post about Eileen Prince, I'm convinced that it was
Snape's mama, the "real" Half Blood Prince, that wrote all the good
stuff in the margins, giving Snape the edge in potions class. 

Nickel:
I don't think it was Snape's mum who made the changes to the potions. 
>From the chapter 'The Unbreakable Vow' (Slughorn speaking to Snape 
about Harry):
'You should have seen what he gave me, first lesson, the Draught of 
Living Death - never had a student produce finer on a first attempt.
I 
don't think even you, Severus -'

So, I assumed this meant that Snape didn't make a perfect Draught of 
Living Death on his first try. Harry just did exactly what was
written 
in the book so, if Snape's mum had already made the alterations, 
Snape's first attempt would be as good as Harry's was. 

Nickel