Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

[bercygirl2]

No: HPFGUIDX 161738

zanooda:
  I can give you at least one
> example when magic is done by a wand in an off hand. Remember, when
> DD had to cut his hand so that he and Harry could enter the cave? He
> cut "the forearm of his injured hand" ("The cave", p. 559 US
> hardcover), which is his right(wand) hand. On the next page DD heals
> the wound by "passing the tip of his wand over the deep cut...". To
> heal the wound on his right (wand) hand he only could hold the wand
> in his left (off) hand. Hope it helps.
>

Donna:
Hmm, good catch but perhaps Dumbledore is ambidextrous?
There are other exapmles of people injuring their wand arm and not
being able to use the other arm. (Harry, after his Bludger injury in
CoS, and Draco, after being attacked by Buckbaek in PoA)

In PoA, Stan Shunpike reinforces the idea that only the wand arm would
stop the Knight Bus twice.
On page 33: "Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can
take you anywhere you want to go."
On page 35: "Stuck out your wand 'and, dincha?"

I still maintain that Snape is left-handed and that is has
significance regarding the Vow.

For those who asked, here's the list I've made of Snape mentions
coupled with "left" or "other side" or "opposite", which I find much
too numerous to be a coincidence. :)

(Note: all page references from hardcover American editions)

SS

P. 140
"Cheer up," said Ron. "Snape's always taking points off Fred and
George. Can I come and meet Hagrid with you?"
  At five to three they left the castle.

P. 174
They crept along the next corridor after Snape's fading footsteps.

Ron pointed- at the end of a passage to the left

P. 178
It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.
Hermione left.

P. 182
"Perhaps Snape had left the book in there?"

P. 183
"Harry left, before Snape could take any more points from Gryffindor."

P. 190
"Snape was in the middle of the stands opposite them."

P. 195
"When they had left the dungeons at the end of Potions."

P. 197
"..and they left Hagrid looking disgruntled

because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to
steal?"

P. 198
"Harry left the library.
They couldn't risk Snape hearing what they were up to."

P. 207
Snape replied, "The Restricted Section?"
A door stood ajar to his left.

P. 217
"Snape's sudden sinister desire to be a Quidditch referee."

P. 224
"Snape spat bitterly on the ground.
Harry left the locker room."

P. 246
"Snape had just left the room."

P. 275
"Looks like a harp," said Ron. "Snape must have left it there."

P. 283
"Do you want to stop Snape or not?"
Harry moved three spaces to the left.

CoS

P. 78
"Maybe he's left"

P. 145
"Kind of the opposite of Muggle-born wizards."
"We'd better get to bed before Snape comes along and tries to frame us
for something else."

P. 190
"If Snape had been looking at him like that he'd have been running as
fast as he could in the other direction."

P. 193
"We'll be sending what's left of Finch-Fletchley up to the hospital
wing in a matchbox."

P. 266
"Until the Potions lesson about two weeks after Dumbledore and Hagrid
had left"

PoA
P. 126
"On the other side of the table, Malfoy looked up, listening closely."
(During Potions, Snape has just walked past)

P. 128
"Snape picked up Trevor the toad in his left hand."

P. 132
"Snape's lip curled, but he left, closing the door with a snap."

P. 166
"Dumbledore left the hall, walking quickly and quietly. Snape stood
for a moment, watching the headmaster with a look of deep resentment
on his face."

P.170
(Snape is speaking here)
"Professor Lupin had not left any record of the topics you have
covered so far-"

P. 172
(Snape is speaking here)
"Weasley, stay behind we need to arrange your detention.
  Harry and Hermione left the room."

P. 289
"Harry didn't dare look at Snape as they left his office."

P. 360
(Snape is speaking)
"Pleased enough to give you a little kiss, I daresay
"
  What little color there was in Black's face left it."

P. 386
(Snape is speaking)
"On the other hand, their interference might have permitted Black to
escape."

P. 417
(Harry just saw Snape)
"They tore into a deserted classroom to their left."

P. 419
"He must have Disapparated, Severus. We should have left somebody in
the room with him."

P. 420
"That will do Severus," said Dumbledore quietly. This door has been
locked since I left the ward ten minutes ago."


GoF

P. 175
"On Professor Sinistra's other side was the sallow-faced, hook-nosed,
greasy-haired Potions master, Snape.
On Snape's other side was an empty seat."


P. 300
"On the other side of the dungeon, Malfoy turned his back on Snape."

P. 374
"She turned left at the bottom of the staircase and hurried toward a
door
..
A gloomy underground passage like the one that led to Snape's dungeon"

P. 399
"We're the only ones left, who haven't got anyone-"
"He told me after Potions."

P. 466
On the map Snape's office is in "the bottom left-hand corner"


P. 467
"He (Snape) turned and set off in the opposite direction."

P. 474
"Snape swept downstairs
Harry was left staring
."

P 680
"Both (Snape and McGonagall) turned at once and left the office"


OoP

P. 232
"On Harry's left, Hermione sat up a little straighter"

P. 233
"called Snape with ten minutes left to go"

P. 234
"The contents of Harry's potion vanished; he was left standing
foolishly beside a empty cauldron."

P. 363
"You will find your mixtures as you left them last lesson"

P. 536
"But Mr. Weasley led him off to the left." (During Occlumency lesson
with Snape)

P. 538
"Harry left without another word"

P. 636
"There had been too much going on since Dumbledore left" (Snape is
present)

P. 644
"He was as deeply immersed in the OWL paper as ever, which left Harry
free to sit down"

P. 660
"Compared to what he usually had to endure from Snape in the way of
taunts and snide remarks, he found the new approach something of an
improvement and was pleased to find that when left well alone, he was
able to concoct an Invigoration Draught quite easily."

P.716
"With Snape absent from the proceedings.."
Next paragraph starts "Only four exams left"

P 743
"Draco- fetch Professor Snape."
  Malfoy stowed Harry's wand inside his robes and left the room

P 746
"Snape had been his very last hope."
"Very well
.I am left with no alternative."

HBP

P 178
"He (Snape) set off again around the other side."

P 192
"He only followed different instructions to ours." (Ron discussing the
HBP's book) Then Ginny speaks in "A voice close by Harry's left ear."

P 239
"Something Snape had been quick to comment on in every D.A.D.A. class.
On the other hand
."

P 321
"They left, Snape leading the way."

P 324
"He heard Malfoy's footsteps on the other side of the door." (Snape is
with Malfoy)

P 326
"Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since."
(Harry and Ron are discussing Snape)

P 332
"It's left me for a spell." (Harry and Remus are discussing Snape)

P. 379
"Neither Ron nor Hermione wished him luck as they left, both looked
rather annoyed. At last Harry and Slughorn were the onlt two left in
the room."

P 385
"With her left leg still standing five feet away from where she had
started."
"The Heads of House converged on her." (including Snape)

P 450
"The three of them were now the only ones left in the common room,
Seamus having just gone up to bed cursing Snape and his essay."

P 457
" Where he still had to finish his conclusion on Snape's dementor
essay; and Harry for the corridor on the seventh floor and the strecth
of wall opposite the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy.

P 460
(Snape) "A ghost, as I trust that you are all aware by now, is the
imprint of a departed soul left upon the earth."

P 527
"One by one, Snape extracted Harry's books and examined them. Finally,
the only book left was the Potions book."

P 528
"Ten o'clock," whispered Snape.
Next paragraph is: "And he left the bathroom without another word."

P 530
(After the argument about the HBP's Potions book)
"Hermione and Ginny were now sitting with their arms folded, glaring
in opposite directions."

P 545
"And there was that rather uncouth barman standing with Snape, who was
waffling about having come the wrong way down the stairs."