JKR site update WOMBAT part 2 - RESULTS/hags

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 159245

Carol wondered:
> <I wonder if the answer that kept me from getting an Outstanding 
was a 
> "true" for "hags eat children"? What does everyone think? Do they 
or 
> don't they? 
> 
> <Carol, who wonders if JKR wants to redeem hags from their child-
eating 
> reputation in "Hansel and Gretel" and similar tales  
> 
> 
> Kimberly:
> I too got an EE although I was pleasantly surprised.  Some of the 
questions
> seemed vague and quite ambiguous.   As for the hag question... I'm 
not sure
> although the Lexicon defines hags as "Hags are what one might refer 
to as 
> "fairy tale witches".  Hags are wild in appearance, and they have 
been known
> to eat children."

Ginger adds the canon:

In the Introduction to FB (p. xi, US edition), there is a sentance 
about "hags glided about looking for children to eat".  I'll assume 
that if they were looking for them to eat, that this means that they 
do eat them.  That's what I put anyway.

Just for amusement, speaking of hags:
Another group once asked if anyone could finish the joke DD started 
to tell about the hag, the troll and the leprechaun that went into a 
bar.  I finished it as follows:

A troll, a hag and a leprechaun went into a bar.  The bartender 
looked at them and asked "How old are you?"  The leprechaun answered 
brightly, "324".  The troll concentrated, and grunted 27 times.  The 
bartender asked the hag, "and you, ma'am?"  The hag answered, "104, 
but why do you ask?"  "We don't serve minors here." replied the 
bartender.  "I see," said the hag, "in that case, I'll just have the 
raw liver."

Ginger, who got an EE.