Spinner's End

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156915


houyhnhnm wrote:
> "Tobias Snape was a Muggle from what it said in the _Prophet_."  
> I took that to mean that the _Prophet_ stated Tobias was a 
> Muggle, but now I see it could also be interpreted merely 
> as Hermione's deduction.  In that case, Tobias Snape 
> may not have been a Muggle at all.  That would be a hoot!  
> (Maybe he was a Squib ;-)

Abergoat adds:
I think this might have a good chance. JKR has Neville say in book 1
that his family thought he was 'all muggle' for ages. Some readers say
this is just because JKR hadn't come up with the term squib yet but it
doesn't change the fact that a non-magical person with magical parents
called himself 'all muggle'. We have no idea how long the house at
Spinner's end could have been in the Snape or Prince families. It may
well have been in the family's hands for generations. A convenient
place to hide their expensive book collection.

Who knows.

Abergoat