[HPforGrownups] Underage wizards

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 165067

On 2/16/07, Jeremiah LaFleur <hpfreakazoid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Why is only some magic used caught by the Ministry of Magic? Didn't
> Hermione practice a few spells?
>
> vexingconfection
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Jeremiah:
>
> This is addressed in HBP.
>
> In Wizarding households it is up to the parents to supervise their
> children
> since the MoM can't decipher which spells are cast by adults in the house
> or
> children in the house. In hoseholds where the child it Muggle-born the MoM
> monitors magical activity since there is/are only the child/children
> performing magic.


montims:
also, I think the rules must be a bit different for the homes of muggleborn
witches, as the muggle element is exposed to the reality of the WW without
having their memories obliviated.  I think it's true that Hermione wouldn't
have broken any rules, but if she had tested her wand by performing
something very elementary, like the leviosa spell, for example, that would
probably have been ok.  At least it was a legitimate spell, unlike the other
magic she would have been performing inadvertantly before the age of 11...
The MoM appears to be able to tell what spell was used straight away, not
just that unspecified magic was used...


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