Hagrid's Magic (new questions)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 136820

CathyD wrote: Being just in the middle of a re-read of OotP, Hagrid 
is still *not* allowed to do magic in the open. He says so when he's 
telling the Trio about his trip to find the Giants. "We had to go 
slow, 'cause I'm not really s'posed ter use magic an' we knew the 
Ministry'd be lookin' fer a reason ter run us in." (pg 377 Can Ed)


Morgan again: This is an interesting point. How can a wizard who is 
not allowed to do magic be made a professor at Hogwarts? And also, 
why is he not allowed to do magic? Does anyone remember what exactly 
he was expelled for? - was it for opening the chamber or just for 
having Aragog in the castle? Once it was obviously Riddle who opened 
the chamber, why wasn't he allowed to do magic?

vmonte responds:
Interesting, which means that Hagrid might actually be a very 
powerful wizard, but because of his personality we may be 
underestimating him.

Doesn't Dumbledore say in SS/PS that he trusts Hagrid with his life?
This comment has been nagging at me. Also, why tell us what 
Dumbledore's favorite jam is? And why is there Draught potion sitting 
around and not been used? (Unless someone uses it in book 7.)

Just what kind of magic is involved in time-turning any way? Is it 
elf magic? 

Or, will somone attempt to fool the Order into believing that DD is 
back? Is there another metamorph around that we don't know about?  Or 
will polyjuice be involved?

Vivian