Pince/Filch

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 152565

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
(Snip)> Potioncat:
> Filch was caretaker when the Marauders were students. So he didn't 
come 
> to Hogwarts for protection (as Snape's father) In PoA ch14 Lupin 
says 
> to Harry, "I happen to know this map was confiscated by Mr. Filch 
many 
> years ago." IMO, that means that Filch took it away from the 
Marauders. 
> There wouldn't be any reason for Snape's father to be at Hogwarts 
under 
> an assumed name while Snape was a student.
 
I've been wondering exactly how old Filch is - When I read about 
his "anguish" over the loss of oldtime punishments I got the sense 
that he didn't just know about them but had actually used them 
himself - we don't know how long ago those punishments (ie hanging 
students up by their ankles or whipping) were abolished but I think 
Filch's reaction is very personal rather than of a philosophical 
nature. Also in OOP during the opening feast Dumbledore says "Mr 
Filch, the caretaker, has asked me for what he tells me is the four 
hundred and sixty-second time, to remind you that magic is not 
permitted in corridors between classes, nor are a number of other 
things, all of which can be checked on the extensive list now 
fastened to Mr. Filch's office door".  Since DD  makes these 
announcements during the opening feast each year, does this mean 
that Filch has been caretaker at Hogwarts for 462 years? Or is DD or 
Filch merely engaging in hyperbole?   

Deb(aka djklaugh)