Walpurgis in the wind?

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith"
<arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:
>

> Kneasy
> She renamed them.
> It was in the Paxman interview before OoP, I think.

I always read that quote as meaning that Voldy renamed them. On one
hand, my track record is such that betting against whatever I think is
obvious might possibly be a winning strategy.

But on another hand, I'm going to enjoy my few remaining days of
believing that the Knights of Walpurgis formed as a wizarding
'self-defense' group sometime between one thousand and a couple of
hundred years ago, during one of the times when there 'was great
oppression' of wizarding folk, which the founders of this particular
secret club thought could be discouraged by quick retribution whenever
a wizard or witch was harmed, so they undertook to deliver said
retribution. Good intentions, violence, anti-Muggle-ism ... very
suitable for Voldy to join, take over, change the purpose from 'keep
the Muggles subdued' to 'kill the Muggles' to 'kill the Muggle-born'.