GoF Ch 17- 20 post DH look - DRAGONS

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 182024

zanooda wrote:
> <snip> Dragon hide is also used for protection - dragon hide
protective gloves are on the list of things required at Hogwarts, and
students are mentioned wearing them in Herbology and Potions in HBP.
They might need the gloves for COMC as well (skrewts :-)), but I can't
remember if they ever wore them in Hagrid's class. <snip>

Carol responds:
Neither can I. I imagine that with his own tough skin, inherited from
his giantess mother, he doesn't think much about the danger of burns
and cuts to his students (unlike Sprout and Snape, who are preapred
for emergencies). I recall reading something in FB about the Swedish
Short-Snout's hide being especially suitable for protective clothing,
but I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment.

zanooda:
> I was trying to recall where else in the books dragon hide is 
mentioned, but only "powdered dragon claw" comes to mind somehow - 
Ron believed it was supposed to make you smarter :-). 

Carol:
And the twelve uses of dragon's blood (not counting splattering your
walls with it to fool Dumbledore while you turn yourself into a
chair). And don't forget that dragon heartstrings (whatever a
heartstring is) are used in wands.

zanooda:
But I think that wizards definitely eat dragons, remember this woman
in SS/PS talking about dragon liver prices? Hagrid used a dragon steak
to heal his bruises in OotP (and iirc, it was greenish in color -
yuck), but I don't believe it was sold for this purpose :-).
> 
Carol:
I thought that the woman was buying dragon liver as a potion
ingredient. And I wouldn't be surprised if dragon meat was sold for
the purpose Hagrid used it for, or to feed exotic (color-blind!) pets,
rather than to be eaten by humans. Who would eat meat with a greenish
tinge? (Of course, Muggles have been known to use raw steak on black
eyes. I wouldn't waste good meat, myself. I'd rather look like half a
panda!)
> 
> zanooda, who enjoys remembering small things like that without any 
real purpose ...

Carol, who is remembering something infinitely more annoying, the
lyrics to "Money, Money, Money by the Pound," a song from "Pete's
Dragon" about the uses of dragon parts (liver, heart, blood, and tears
among them)