Hermione doing magic

[kiwi_sapiens]

No: HPFGUIDX 167889

> houyhnhnm:
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> As to why Hermione didn't get in trouble with the Ministry,
> I can only imagine that the simple spells she was able to
> do without having ever been to Hogwarts were indistinguishable
> from the spontaneous magic which would be expected and
> overlooked, as others have pointed out.
>

kiwi_sapiens:
And knowing Hermione as we do, one can't help but feel that she
wouldn't want to do magic until she could do it 'properly' - ie
having read books on the subject and with a wand.  This suggests
that her first crack at it would probably have been in Diagon Alley
or the Leaky Cauldron.