And now for something completely different...

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No: HPFGUIDX 137840

In the midst of all the discussions of ESE!Snape and whether 
Dumbledore is still alive, I have been rereading the books.

I just reached the chapter "Detention with Dolores" in OOP, where 
Harry has been doing lines: 


"'Yeah, so do -- Harry, what's that on the back of your hand?' Harry, 
who had just scratched his nose with his free right hand, tried to 
hide it, but had as much success a Ron with his Cleansweep. 'It's 
just a cut -- it's nothing -- it's --'"

"'I must not tell lies,' Harry wrote. The cut in the back of his 
right hand opened and began to bleed afresh."


This would indicate that Harry is right handed, at least for writing. 
Yet on the book covers drawn by Mary Grandpre, Harry appears to be 
left handed. On the US cover of SS he is trying to catch the Snitch 
with his left hand. On the US covers of GOF, OOP and HBP he is 
holding his wand in his left hand.

This does not have much to do with plot intricacies, but it is 
intriguing, nevertheless. Does anybody know the explanation?

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