Dumbledore's hand and UV

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 147729

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, catherine higgins 
<saberbunny at ...> wrote:
>
>> Cat:
> I can't say whether or not DD would make an unbreakable vow, but 
> as for it being dark magic, how would the twins know about it at 
> the age of 6, quote from Ron "Fred and George tried to get me to 
> make one when I was about five. I nearly did, too, I was holding 
> hands with Fred and everything when Dad found us." HBP ch16 "A 
> Very Frosty Christmas" How would the twins know about the linked 
> hands and everything? And where would they have learned the spell? 
> I highly doubt that the Weasleys have books on the Dark Arts in 
> their house for them to learn from.
>    
Allie:

Excellent, excellent point!  Unless the twins had WITNESSED an 
unbreakable vow being made or heard a detailed discussion of how 
it's done.  I can't think of anything significant that happened when 
Ron and Harry were 5-ish, though, that would merit reintroduction to 
the story.  (Going on the assumption that if they had witnessed an 
Unbreakable Vow, they would have immediately tried it out on Ron, 
not waited for months or years.)