Interesting Facts
Underage wizards weren't allowed to use magic outside of school.
House elves are only allowed to use magic with permission from their master.
Mr Weasley (Ron's father) works in The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office at the Ministry of Magic. This involves regulating the use of magic in Muggle-made things and ensuring that bewitched items do not end up back in a Muggle shop or house.
Letter from Ministry of Magic
Dear Mr. Potter,
We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine.
As you know, underage wizards are not permitted to perform spells outside school, and further spellwork on your part may lead to
expulsion from said school (Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, 1875, Paragraph C).
We would also ask you to remember that any magical activity that risks notice by members of the non-magical community (Muggles) is
a serious offense under section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy.
Enjoy your holidays!
Yours sincerely,
Mafalda Hopkirk
IMPROPER USE OF MAGIC OFFICE
Ministry of Magic
Mr Arthur Weasley and Mrs Molly Weasley's Wizard Household at THE BuRRow, Ottery St Catchpole
The Weasleys' house burst with the strange and unexpected.
There was a clanking ghoul in the attic and a talking mirror over the mantelpiece.
The Kitchen
Scrubbed wooden table and chairs in the middle.
The clock on the wall opposite had only one hand and no numbers at all. Written around the edge were things like Time to make tea, Time to feed the chickens, and You're late.
Books were stacked three deep on the mantelpiece, books with titles like Charm Your Own Cheese,
Enchantment in Baking, and One Minute Feasts - It's Magic!
The old radio next to the sink had just announced that coming up was "Witching Hour, with the popular
singing sorceress, Celestina Warbeck."
Children
Bill
Charlie
Percy
Fred and George (twins)
Ron
Ginny
Ronald's Room
Nearly every inch of the shabby wallpaper was covered with posters of Ron's favourite Quidditch team 'The Chudley Cannons' who were ninth in the league.
He had an orange bedspread, which was emblazoned with two giant black C's and a speeding cannon ball.
Ron's school spellbooks were stacked untidily in a corner, next to a pile of comics that all seemed to feature The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle.
Ron's magic wand was lying on top of a fish
tank full of frog spawn on the windowsill, next to his fat gray rat, Scabbers, who was snoozing in a patch of sun.
On the floor was a pack of Self-Shuffling playing cards.
List of New Books for the Second Year
SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS WILL REQUIRE:
- The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk
- Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Wanderings with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
- Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart
Password to Enter Gryffindor Tower
Wattlebird
Pig snout (first year)
First breakfast of the New Term
The four long house tables were laden with tureens of porridge, plates of kippers, mountains of toast, and dishes of eggs and bacon.
New teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts
Gilderoy Lockhart
Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award.
His secret ambition is to rid the world of evil and market his own range of hair-care potions.
Dumbledore's Office
It was a large and beautiful circular room, full of funny little noises. A number of curious silver instruments stood on spindlelegged tables,
whirring and emitting little puffs of smoke.
The walls were covered with portraits of old headmasters and headmistresses, all of whom
were snoozing gently in their frames.
There was also an enormous, claw-footed desk, and, sitting on a shelf behind it, a shabby, tattered wizard's hat - the Sorting Hat.
Christmas at Hogwarts
Harry's Christmas presents
A toothpick from the Dursleys with a note telling him to find out whether he'd be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacation, too.
A large tin of treacle fudge from Hagrid.
Flying with the Cannons from Ron (a book of interesting facts about his favourite Quidditch team).
A luxury eagle-feather quill from Hermione.
A a new, hand-knitted jumper from Mrs Weasley and a large plum cake.
The Great Hall
Looking magnificent with a dozen frost-covered Christmas trees and thick streamers of holly and mistletoe crisscrossing the ceiling.
Enchanted snow was falling, warm and dry, from the ceiling.
Password to Slytherin Common Room
Pure blood.
Harry's Singing Valentine
His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish he was mine, he's really divine,
The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.
Lucius Malfoy declares Dumbledore's suspension as Headmaster
"If the governors want my removal, Lucius, I shall of course step aside...however", said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, "you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."
Pipes
Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than the Basilisk, known also as the King of Serpents. This snake, which may reach gigantic size and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad. Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside from its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death. Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it.
Harry Potter freed Dobby
Harry tricked Lucius Malfoy into throwing a filthy sock aside with Dobby nearby to catch it, thus the Master has 'given' an item of clothing to Dobby, ending his enslavement.
Plot Twist!
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
GLOSSARY
Dobby
House elf of the Malfoy family.
Hedwig
Harry's owl.
O.WL.s
Ordinary Wizarding Levels.
Floo powder
Magical method of transportation via the Floo Network which connected the fireplaces of nearly every wizarding household and building.
Mandrake or Mandragora
A powerful restorative used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed to their original state. The Mandrake forms an essential part of most antidotes. It is also, however, dangerous. The cry of the Mandrake is fatal to anyone who hears it.
Howler
Howlers are magical letter in a red envelope which reads out the written message in the writer's voice, usually at a very high volume. This volume increased if the recipient didn't open the envelope in a timely manner.
Mudblood
A highly derogatory term for either a Muggle or a Muggle-born or half-blood, wizard or witch (individuals with close Muggle relatives).
Squib
Someone who was born into a wizarding family but hasn't got any magic powers.
Parseltongue
The language of snakes. A wizard or witch who could speak Parseltongue was known as a Parselmouth.
The Daily Prophet
A wizarding newspaper based in London.
Azkaban
The wizard prison.
Hogwarts Board of Governors
Twelve witches/wizards who oversee the running of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Information derived from the second Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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