[分享][转帖]Things you never noticed in the HP books- Part one
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Oddities and Coincidences
1.The number 12/ dozen
Dumbledore uses his Put-Outer to extinguish the 12 street lamps on Privet Drive.
Dumbledore';s watch has 12 hands.
The milkman delivers two dozen letter-filled eggs to the Dursley';s.
On Friday, 12 letters arrive for Harry.
Hagrid is described as being at least twice the height of a normal man. If a normal man is around 6 feet tall, that would make Hagrid approximately 12 feet tall.
The troll Quirrel let in on Halloween was 12 feet tall.
During the flying lesson, it says Neville originally rises to 12 feet.
The Wizards Duel with Draco was supposed to happen at midnight.
At the first Quidditch Match, Neville tells Draco he';s worth 12 of him.
There are 12 Christmas trees in the Great Hall.
Dumbledore is famous for discovering the 12 uses of Dragon';s blood.
At exactly 12:00 AM Harry turns 11, and Hagrid bangs on the door.
Shortly before the trio leaves to go through the trapdoor, Hermione says that she won';t get kicked out because she got 112 percent on Flitwick';s exam.
Harry hears Quirrel sobbing and giving in to someone in a classrom. After Quirrel leaves the room, Harry says he would bet 12 Sorcerers Stones that the other person in the room was Snape.
After Dobby drops the pudding on the kitchen floor, Harry receives an owl from the Ministry saying that a Hover Charm was used at 12 minutes past 9.
When Draco is complaining about Harry, Lucius cuts him off and says he';s heard this a dozen times already.
There are 12 school governers.
Lockhart says there are 12 dwarf cupids roaming around the school delivering Valentines.
Lockhart says that in Chapter 12 of his book, Wanderings with Werewolves, he divulges that his ideal birthday gift is to have peace among all creatures.
We learn that Bill and Percy both got 12 O.W.L.s.
Ron says he wrote to Harry at least 12 times over the Summer.
Aunt Marge has 12 bulldogs.
Sirius escaped from Azkaban after being imprisoned for 12 years.
To get his mind off of Aunt Marge';s insults, Harry tries to remember page 12 of his book: "A Charm to Cure Reluctant Reverses."
Harry';s Nimbus 2000 was smashed into a dozen pieces.
Fudge says Black murdered 12 muggles and 1 wizard with a single curse.
At The Leaky Cauldron, Ron and Percy stay in room #12.
Buckbeak';s wingspan is said to be 12 meters long.
Ron tells everyone when he woke, Sirius was standing over him with a 12 inch knife.
Sirius tells Harry he got him the Firebolt because of 12 birthdays without presents.
At the Christmas feast, Trelawney counts 12 people at the table and refuses to sit down because she would be thirteen.
McGonagall isn';t happy when Harry asks about the status of his broom for the 12th time.
Sirius tells Lupin to hurry up with the explanation since he';s been waiting 12 years to get back at Pettigrew.
Frank Bryce estimates Nagini to be 12 feet long.
While Percy is lamenting about Rita Skeeter';s complaints that they should be stamping out vampires instead of quibbling about cauldron thickness, he says: "As if it wasn';t specifically stated in chapter 12 of the Guidelines for the Treatment of Non-Wizard Part-Humans--"
"By 12 o';clock the next day, Harry';s school trunk was packed with his school things and all his most prized possessions."
The basilisk fang from Harry';s second year is described as being 12 inches long.
At the Quidditch World Cup, the Bulgarians insisted on having 12 more seats in the Top Box.
Crouch';s grandfather used to have a magic carpet that could seat 12.
The letter Harry sends Sirius after the first tast is so heavy that when Harry tosses Pigwidgeon out the window with it, he plummets 12 feet before recovering.
As Harry is about to enter the Common Room after being picked as School
Champion, a dozen hands pull him inside.
In the Great Hall at the Yule Ball, instead of the usual four house tables there are 12 smaller tables.
"Harry thought of Sirius, and the tight, tense knot in his chest seemed to ease slightly. He would be speaking to him in just over 12 hours."
Hagrid tells Harry to meet him at midnight, and to bring that cloak with him.
Sirius tells Harry he would need half a dozen wizards at a time to overcome a dragon.
Harry, Ron and Hermione bring Sirius a dozen pieces of chicken.
While Harry and Ron are making up false predictions for Divination, one of their prediction is that Harry will be stabbed in the back by someone he thought was a friend because Venus is in the 12th house.
We learn that Dumbledore has been Hagrid';s guardian since he was 12 years old when his dad died.
Mundungus Fletcher put in a claim for a 12-bedroom tent with en-suite Jacuzzi.
Cedric';s wand is 12 inches long.
Prof. Binns drones on about the goblin rebellions of 1612.
12 Dumstrang students arrive for the Triwizard Tournament.
During the final task, the spider drops Harry 12 feet.
Before Harry leaves to get Dumbledore, Crouch tells him that his son Crouch Jr. got 12 O.W.L.s.
On the American cover there are 12 candles in the foreground.
The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is located at number 12 Grimmauld Place.
Harry had barely run a dozen steps when he reached Dudley and the dementor.
Harry thinks it';s "galling" to be told not to be rash by someone who had spent 12 years in Azkaban.
Harry';s disciplinary hearing with the Ministry is on the 12th of August.
Sirius explains to Harry that Voldemort is not going to go up against the Ministry with a dozen death eaters.
While Bill is asking Harry if he';s alright, he';s gathering up 12 scrolls at once.
Roughly half a dozen of the Wizengamot vote in favor of conviction.
One of Snape';s homework assignments is 12 inches of parchment on the properties of moonstone and it';s uses in potion-making.
When Hermione is talking to Harry and Ron in the Great Hall, she glances around and sees a half a dozen empty seats around them.
During Harry';s detention with Umbridge, he glances out the window to the
Quidditch Pitch and sees half a dozen black figures.
At midnight, Harry is in the common room when he starts drifting off and almost gets to the door before he';s awakened by Dobby.
Harry sees Dobby picking up a half a dozen hats that Hermione left.
Before Harry first enters Dumbledore';s office after seeing the snake bite Mr. Weasley, Harry thinks it sounds like Dumbledore is entertaining at least a dozen people.
When the Weasley kids are at Grimmauld Place worrying about their dad, Sirius summons a half a dozen butterbeers.
"He was exhausted, he was confused beyond measure, he had experienced terror, relief, and then terror again in the last 12 hours, and still Dumbledore did not want to talk to him."
Kingsley asks Mr. Weasley for as much information as possible on flying muggle vehicle sightings in the past 12 months.
When they meet Lockhart in St. Mungo';s, he says: "Well, how about those autographs then? Shall we make it a round dozen?"
Harry is grumpy about having to go back to Hogwarts and place himself under the tyranny of Dolores Umbridge, who had no doubt managed to force through another dozen decrees in their absence.
Harry makes a mental note how much more difficult it is to extend his arm 12 inches and touch Cho';s hand than to snatch a speeding Snitch from midair.
Hermione tells Harry to meet her at 12 o';clock in The Three Broomsticks during Harry';s date with Cho.
After the article in The Quibbler is published, Trelawney breaks out in tears during one of her classes and exclaims that Harry would not suffer an early death after all, but would live to a ripe old age, become Minister of Magic, and have 12 children.
When James disarms Snape, his wand flies 12 feet in the air.
Harry says he wasn';t the sole witness to Voldemort';s rebirth, and that there were a dozen-odd death eaters there too.
There are a dozen doors in the circular room in the Department of Mysteries.
When the trio are spread out in the shade of the beech tree near the lake, Ron talks them through his first save of the match for what felt like the dozenth time.
In the Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L. the fifth years have to correctly identify a knarl hidden among a dozen hedgehogs.
Ron reminds Harry that Hermione got 112% on her Charms exam last year.
Ravenclaw sixth year Eddie Carmichael offers Ron and Harry a whole pint of
Baruffio';s Brain Elixir for 12 galleons.
Harry pulls Ron';s arm over his shoulder, just as he had done with Dudley months ago, and thinks they have a 1-in-12 chance of getting it right this time.
There are a dozen death eaters in the Department of Mysteries.
After Fudge sees Voldemort disapparate in the Ministry Atrium, Dumbledore tells him it';s time he listened to sense, and he';s been chasing the wrong man for 12 months.
Dumbledore pulls out his watch with 12 hands and tells Fudge he may have a half-an-hour of his time.
2.Socks
We learn that, in the past, the Dursleys have given Harry an old pair of Uncle Vernon';s socks for his birthday.
The very first time we meet Harry he is in his cupboard looking for socks.
Dumbledore tells Harry that in the Mirror of Erised he sees himself holding a pair of thick, woollen socks.
At The Burrow, Mrs. Weasley is "fussing over the state of his socks."
And also at The Burrow: "Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks"
When Dobby explains to Harry that, for a house elf, clothes means freedom, he says: "The family is careful not to pass Dobby even a sock, sir"
Harry tricks Lucius into giving Dobby Harry';s sock.
Harry uses Uncle Vernon';s old socks to cover his Sneakoscope: "I never wear those socks if I can help it."
The Fat Lady is found hiding in a potrait of Argyllshire, a place famous for socks.
At The Burrow, Mrs. Weasley washes Harry';s socks.
On Christmas morning, Harry gives Uncle Vernon';s "foul," "mustard-yellow," and "extra knobbly" socks to Dobby.
Ron gives Dobby an unwanted violet pair he got from his mum. Dobby is ecstatic. Ron (looking embarassed) says: "They';re only socks..."
Dobby gives Harry a pair of socks; one red, with broomsticks, the other green with Snitches, that he knitted himself.
Harry resolves to buy Dobby "a pair of socks for every day of the year."
On the morning of the first task, Harry dressed so inattentively that it was a while before he realized he was trying to pull his hat onto his foot instead of his sock.
While Hermione is arguing with Hagrid about S.P.E.W, Hagrid is putting on socks.
Harry and Ron have fun in Hogsmeade picking out strange-looking socks for Dobby including "a pair patterned with flashing gold and silver stars and another that screamed loudly when they became too smelly."
3.The colour purple
At 5 o';clock, when Vernon leaves work, he bumps in to a man wearing violet (shade of purple) robes.
Quirrel';s turban is purple.
In Ollivander';s window, a single wand sites on a faded, purple pillow.
Dumbledore wears a purple cloak.
There';s a girl in Harry';s class named Lavender Brown. Lavender is a shade of purple.
Harry sees enormous purple toads in the Magical Menagerie.
Dedalus Diggle';s robes are purple.
Harry';s letter from Hogwarts is sealed with purple wax.
During the train ride to Hogwarts, the sky is described as being "dark purple."
The fire engulfing Harry and Hermione in the room with the potions is purple.
At Flourish and Blotts, Lockhart';s photographer';s camera emits purple smoke every time a picture is taken.
At one point, Ron';s broken wand emits purple bubbles.
Lockhart';s favorite color is Lilac, a light shade of purple.
Fudge is wearing purple boots.
Lockhart wears plum-colored robes to the Dueling Club.
"London was soon far behind the, replaced by neat green fields that gave way in turn to wide, purplish moors."
When Filch gets sick his nose turns "unusually" purple.
When McGonagall comes out onto the Quidditch field to tell announce that the game has been cancelled, she comes out with an enormous purple
megaphone.
Filch';s Kwikspell letter is purple.
The sleeping bags the students slept in were purple.
The Knight Bus is purple.
Stan Shunpike is wearing a purple uniform.
Lee Jordan uses a large, purple megaphone to commentate the game.
The letter Mrs. Weasley sent to The Dursleys was purple.
After eating the Ton Tongue Toffee, Dudley';s tongue swells and turns purple.
Ron gives Dobby a pair of violet socks Mrs. Weasley had made for him.
The bag that holds the miniature models of the dragons is purple.
The programs at the Quidditch World Cup are purple.
A lady in a portrait who hangs out with the Fat Lady is called Violet.
Mr. Roberts is described as having deep purple shadows under his eyes.
A group of haggard-looking Ministry wizads rushed past Ludo and the
Weasleys, pointing at the distant evidence of some sort of magical fire that was sending violet sparks in the air.
At the camp site, wizards in white long robes sit together roasting a rabbit over a blazing purple fire.
When Harry looked at the ceiling that was enchanted to look like the sky outside, he notices that it was very stormy looking, and the clouds were black and purple.
The words the Omniocular';s commentary system uses are purple.
The stair coverings at the Quidditch World Cup are purple.
The chairs in the Top Box are purple.
Rita Skeeter wore a furry, purple-colored shirt.
Rita Skeeter';s photographer';s camera emits purple smoke with every flash.
The liquid that Madam Pomfrey pours on to Harry';s cut after facing the Horntail is purple.
Cornelius Fudge is wearing a purple hat.
Ludo Bagman wore a purple robe with yellow stars.
One of the taps in the prefect bathroom gushes out purple bubbles.
The Sleeping Potion Harry took after his encounter with Voldemort was purple.
Many times throughout the books, characters (especially Vernon, Petunia and Ron) are described as being purple in the face over something.
The Hebridean Black Dragon';s eyes are purple.
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