Fun with doxy eggs

susanbones2003 rkdas at charter.net
Mon Feb 13 00:33:12 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 148039

Hi guys,
I have been listening to HPB for a week now and I am really getting 
into the nooks and crannys and thought you all could weigh in on this 
little tidbit I found. Here goes:
Remember the try-outs for keeper? And Cormac McLaggen's throw-away 
line about why he didn't try out for keeper the previous year?

"I was in the hospital wing when they held trials," said McLaggen with 
something of a swagger. "Ate a pound of doxy eggs for a bet."
p.223 Scholastic Books ed.

That line somehow jumped out at me and then I remembered, the Weasleys 
and Harry cleaned out doxies at 12 Grimauld Place! And the twins 
pocketed some for their poison (for use in Skiving Snackboxes). How 
hard would it have been to collect some eggs? I just have this funny 
little feeling that despite the show of derision they put on for Ron, 
that the twins had a hand in that doxy egg bet!
Not earth-shattering but what a laugh!
Jen D.








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