Fighting Dementors, Snape, Petunia, and the Restriction of Underage Wizardry

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> oiboyz wrote:
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> Remember Harry mentioning that he and Snape disagreed on the best way
> to fight a Dementor?  Lupin taught Harry to beat back Dementor-
induced
> despair by holding on to a happy memory.  I'm sure Snape has no use
> for that.  His method is probably something like boxing off his
> feelings so he can perform the charm before despair overwhelms him.

I do wonder how Snape thinks Dementors should be fought.  Although I 
have no theories about this, specifically, I have an idea as to how it 
could play into the next book.  Remember that Petunia knew about 
Dementors because she overheard a conversation between Lily and "that 
awful boy".  Perhaps in the next book Dementors will once again visit 
Privet Drive and Petunia will ward off the Dementors, becoming the 
person that JKR refers to who will do magic late in life under 
desparate circumstances, and leaving Harry to wonder how Petunia knew 
Snape's method of fighting Dementors :)

Another question:  In PS/SS, doesn't Petunia say that Lily came back 
from Hogwarts carrying frog spawn in her pockets and changing teacups 
into mice or something like that?  What about the restrcition of 
underage wizardry?  You'd think that the MOM would find out since 
Lily's family were Muggles.

Cheryl