OT: Longbottom (Re: Black Family Tree *possible spoilers*

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 147199

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at t...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
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> > Just to be safe, SPOILERS!!!
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> Juli:
> >   Has anyone been on The Leaky Lounge Today? Well, there's a story 
> about authors donating sheets of stuff, including our very own 
> favorite, JKR.
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> >   Check it out at http://www.the-leaky-
> cauldron.org/images/image.php?image=2006/01/closeupblackfamtree.jpg
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> Geoff:
> Having just taken a look, I spotted a tip of the hat on JKR's part.
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> The bottom RH corner has the name "Harfang Longbottom".
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> Harfang is the name of the ruined city of the giants in 
> C.S.Lewis' "The Silver Chair" and, for the first time (slaps head 
> hard), I've realised that Longbottom, of course, is a name in LOTR; 
> Tobold Longbottom was the first hobbit to plant tobacco in the Shire.
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Renee:
Eh... actually, his name was Tobold Hornblower; Longbottom was his
place of residence, hence "Longbottom Leaf".