Muggleborns and the Hat RE: [the_old_crowd] Re: Prophecy Pub/Less Than The Meanest Ghost/Black Family Tree

[Eileen Rebstock]

Nora:
> IMO, it's still thematically most coherent to have no Muggle-born
> Slytherins, that being a directive given the Sorting Hat by Salazar
and
> thus remaining with Hogwarts despite its demerits.

Can the hat detect blood? Can anyone? Is there actually an objective
difference between Muggleborns and not? Or do you mean it would detect
thoughts? 

As far as Tom had evidence when he came to Hogwarts, he *was*
Muggleborn. He was convinced, however, that he was magically descended.
Did that belief get him into Slytherin, or just his blood itself? 

Eileen