"Mokesin" or "moleskin"? (Was: CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: DH7)

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 179067

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:

> Zanooda, can you please enlighten me where you have Mokeskin 
> with an upper case M in your copy or are you referring to my next 
> quote?
 
> '...and Harry filled Hagrid's Mokeskin purse, not with gold, but with 
> those items he most prized...'
> (DH "The Will of Albus Dumbledore" p.111 UK edition)


zanooda:

Yes, that's the quote that I meant ( DH p.111). In the American edition 
this passage is on p.132, and the word in question (mokeskin) begins 
with a lower-case "m" there :-). As for Hagrid's coat, I didn't write 
anything about it, I only meant DH and Harry's mokeskin pouch. 

It doesn't really matter if it's upper-case or lower-case M, the point 
is that Harry's pouch is "mokeskin", not "moleskin", and I really want 
to know what "moke" is. If it's a lizard, why is it furry? If it's a 
donkey, why does its skin have magic qualities?


> Geoff:

> Mark you, if it's donkey skin, would you describe that as furry?


zanooda:

At least it's much "furrier" than lizard skin :-)