mostly the new book covers, also hags and wormwood

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Melclaros and Potioncat have agreed that they don't like Mary
Grandpre's cover and illustration art. Maybe I Will be the first 
to say that I do like Mary Grandpre's HP art.

Sean Dwyer wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/1376 :

<< There must be a male hag equivalent >>

I would like for the male of hags to be ogres, as ogres eat the same
thing and the names are vaguely similar, but I recall no mention of
ogres in HP. Maybe the male of hags are trolls, as we have seen many
trolls and all appear to be male. This is magic -- the male offspring
of a hag and a human might resemble his mother more than his father or
the male of his mother's species. 

Kneasy wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/1378 :

<< wormwood >>

IIRC 'a star named Wormwood' plays some role in the Book of
Revelation, and 'Chernobyl' means 'wormwood' ('chern-' means 'black'). 

SSSusie wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/1384 :

<<  The cover art has been released for the two UK and one American
edition of HBP. The UK adult version shows a beat-up old textbook,
labelled "Advanced Potion Making."Does this mean our Harry did manage
to pass his Potions OWL with a high enough mark to get into Snape's
NEWT-level Potions class?? >>

Or Harry DIDN'T get into NEWT Potions, for which he would have bought
a shiny new textbook, but RON did, and Ron bought a very old beat-up
used textbooks (from the junk shop where Percy was looking a book
title PREFECTS WHO GAINED POWER) because his finances are still tight.
And it turns out that Ron's book has notes written in it by a former
student -- Tom Marvolo Riddle, maybe? -- that are a Useful Clue.

Iris wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/1393 :

<< Second clue: Harry and Dumbledore, probably into danger, surrounded
by fire (UK children) >>

Are you sure that white-bearded wizard on that cover is Dumbledore? To
 me, his face is too round and his nose is NOT long, thin, pointed, or
broken at least twice.

Fran wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/1397 :

<< Also, on the book cover that shows the potion book, the authors
name is Libalus (?spelling) Borage. I googled Borage and found a
meaning of courage. >>

I thought borage was an herb, and I thought the author's surname on
the textbook was Boring. Licentius Boring.