Tom Riddle and the RoR

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 181833

Beatrice:
> > In thinking about HOW LV might have gotten the diadem into the
castle and hidden it in the RoR,  I found myself thinking about
Hermione's purse in DH.
> 
> Good thinking. Or Hagrid's purse -- it must be common.  Same
> technology as in Arthur Weasley's (borrowed) tent.

Carol respons:

Very small quibble: Hagrid's purse is made of mokeskin, which means
that it can shrink at will (FBWFT), and it can only be opened by its
owner (DH, the chapter on Harry's birthday). It doesn't have an
unlimited capacity, however. Harry pubs the Snitch, the broken wand,
and the broken mirror fragment in there (and, IIRC, one other item),
but he couldn't fit in all their clothes or a teakettle or Phineas
Nigellus's portrait, much less the tent and tentpoles. I do agree that
the spell on Hermione's beaded bag is the same as the spell on the
tent (it's also apparently used on Slughorn's office when he holds his
Christmas party in HBP).

As for the spell(s) on the RoR, which can become anything anyone wants
it to be (except that it can't provide food, or, presumably, money), I
think that's a different matter altogether. Yes, a stretching charm
(or whatever the expansion charm is called) would be involved, but I
think the magic is much more complex--not something that Hermione
could accomplish, unlike the beaded bag.

Carol, apologizing for not looking up the exact quotes for the
mokeskin purse