Irma Pince

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 181902

 "pathgrrl" <reets67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I was reading an Ashwinder fan-fiction by StormySkize (As the Pages
> Turn), and she brings up that Irma Pince possibly is Snape's mother 
due
> to the fact that if you rearrange her name it becomes 'I'm a Prince.'
> Honestly I was a bit taken back at first but read her response to my
> review...
> 
> Author's Response: I thought that we would find out that Madam Pince
> WAS Eileen Snape. There's even, in book six, a reference to Madam
> Pince's 'hooked nose.' Alas, JKR never explained what happened to poor
> Eileen ... sigh. Maybe her "encyclopedia" will make the connection.

Potioncat:
There was some thoughts along that line after HBP. You might try a 
search for old posts if you're interested. (good luck.)

I never bought it. For one reason, we were shown a hooked-nose man in 
Snape's memory which surely was his father or grandfather. Eileen was 
never described as having a hooked-nose. Nothing in the story gives us 
any reason to think Eileen is at Hogwarts.

As for the anagram. Well, Draco Malfoy comes out as "Lord of a YMCA." 
(As first noticed by Ginger.)

Besides, I like Eileen, and I don't like Filch or Madam Pince.