Hagrid and non-verbal spells

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 151536

Peggy:
> I noticed today that Hagrid appears to have done a couple 
> non-verbal spells.  In Sorcerer's Stone, when he and Harry were going to buy 
> Harry's stuff in London, Hagrid tapped the boat with his umbrella/wand 
> pieces to speed it up, but didn't say anything.  And when they got to Diagon 
> Alley, he tapped the magical brick to open the passageway.  I wonder if 
> Hagrid can do non-verbal spells, and if so, how he learned, after just 
> having studied for about three years.  Thoughts?


He may have had only three years of formal training at Hogwarts, but by the 
time Hagrid took Harry his letter Hagrid had *been* at Hogwarts for 50 years. I 
would think that over all those years Hagrid would have picked up a thing or 
two. Also, perhaps Dumbledore gave Hagrid some private tutoring?

Sandy