Hagrid and Magic

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 132222

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> > "We had to go slow, 'cause I'm not really s'posed ter use 
> magic..." 
> > OoP pg 377 (US Paperback)
> 
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> 
> *** I think that this line in OOTP was just a mistake by JKR.  I 
> thought I had remembered JKR commenting about this in an interview 
> so I went to look for it and I found it.  Here is her answer on the 
> subject:
> 
> Question:Since Hagrid's name was cleared in Book 2, will he ever be 
> allowed to do magic openly again ? (Jan Campbell)
> 
> JKR: He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever 
> since he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained 
his 
> magic is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to 
> be a bit inept.

Finwitch:

Well, they couldn't use magic because they were being *watched* by 
the Ministry (Portkeys need authorization and apparation needs a 
licence) AND the ministry was looking for an excuse to ran them in. 
About Hagrid not being 'exactly supposed to' - well, maybe there was 
some Umbridge-decree on, one that requires at least passed OWLS as 
well as being of age to be qualified to use magic outside the magic 
school... still, that doesn't explain why *Maxime* wouldn't/couldn't 
do magic. It's not like anyone ever snapped *her* wand, and I doubt 
that *her* school is subject to the British Ministry (her native 
tongue is French, so...)

Finwitch