Eileen Prince

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156302

James Sharman wrote:
>
> The name is probably a derivative of "damp squib" (A small explosive
> that fails to go off) 

Abergoat responds:

Thanks for the origins of the words squib. So it looks like the
possibility does exist that the people in Snape's memory (if they were
not Eileen and Tobias) could have been relatives of Tobias OR Eileen.
I do think the books at Spinner's End are Eileen's though. Perhaps the
house was too, Mr Prince could have been a muggle - or descended from
muggles.

James Sharman wrote:

> It could be that "squib" is to "wizard-born muggle" as "mudblood" is
> to "muggle-born wizard".

Abergoat responds:

Very well put. From the courtroom scene where Mrs. Figg came to
testify on Harry's behalf I didn't get the idea that the wizards in
charge bothered with distinctions. If you were non-magical they didn't
care what your origins were...because, like the Black Family Tapestry,
you ceased to exist of you were a squib.

A group I posted with on a forum toyed with the idea that Eileen had a
Ravenclaw wand relic taken from her by Voldemort. Then Irma and Filch
(relatives of Eileen or Tobias) 'filched' the wand back (now a
horcrux) and Irma is hiding it in her featherduster. So Filch's
prowling is more for the protection of Irma and the wand than students. 

If true I doubt they told Dumbledore - they would consider it a family
heirloom and no one else's business - and of course they have NO idea
it is a horcrux. They may not even know Voldemort had taken it because
he may have hidden it at the scene of the crime not anticipating they
would find it (Perhaps Mrs Norris found it! lol). I think the idea has
promise because it echoes Hagrid hiding his broken wand in an umbrella
- another 'strange' muggle object. Why does Irma, a witch, need a
featherduster to dust books?

And both objects (umbrella/featherduster) give the carrier an excuse
to have them about their person all the time. Perhaps Irma needed the
knee-length veil in HBP to hide the featherduster hanging at her belt!
(lol) But hiding a devastated face (from knowledge of Snape's actions)
is more likely. Sigh. But I still think it is a fun idea.

Abergoat