Hogwarts (was Re: Dueling and Honorariums...)

hpfan_mom rdsilverstein at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 29 03:25:38 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 157569


> <friartuck97@> wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, I was also curious as to the etymology of the 
> name "Hogwarts." Was there a wizard by that name?  It can be
> broken down into an anagram of "Ghost War," but that is pure
> speculation on many people who are a lot better at anagrams than I > 
am.
>
> Thanks for any information!
> 

hpfan_mom now:

I thought it was after the flower hogwort.  Which is a kind of lily 
IIRC.

hpfan_mom








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