Dumbledore from Gryffindor

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 155535

Kellie and Lady J wrote:
> A friend and I were talking yesterday about the books.  She asked if
> there
> was any proof in cannon to support Dumbledore being in Gryffindor
> when he
> was a student at Hogwarts.

Miles:
We had this discussion some months ago, starting with a mail I posted here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/144504
We discussed it and most of us came to the conclusion, that it is most
probable, yet not proved in canon that Dumbledore was a Gryffindor as a
student.
As a result of the discussion (and a mail sent to the HP Lexicon), they
changed the article on Dumbledore on this note.

I personally don't expect it, but wouldn't be surprised if JKR used this
small uncertainty for a small, but teaching twist...

Harry: "We can't work together with Slytherins. It is impossible! Dumbledore
died as a real Gryffindor at the hand of a Slytherin!"
McGonagall: "But Harry - didn't you know? Dumbledore was Prefect in
Slytherin House in his days!"

Ok ok, she would do it slightly better ;).

Miles, expecting to see much more misinterpretations from Harry and Harry,
the narrator