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HISTORY OF HOGWARTS
"Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago - the precise date is uncertain - by the four greatest wizards of the age. The four school houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.
They built this castle together, far from prying Muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people and witches and wizards suffered much persecution. For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them up to the castle to be educated.
But then disagreements sprang up between them. A rift began to grow between Slytherin and the others. Slytherin wished to be more selective about the students admitted to Hogwarts. He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families.
He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy. After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school.
Reliable historical sources tell us this much, but these honest facts have been obscured by the fanciful legend of the Chamber of Secrets. The story goes that Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in the castle, of which the others knew nothing. Slytherin, according to the legend, sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that none would be able to open it until his own true heir arrived at the school.
The heir alone would be able to unleash the horror within and purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic."
- Professor Binns
HOGWARTS TEACHERS (since Harry's arrived)
Prof. Binns-History of Magic,
Prof. Minerva McGonagall-Transfiguration/Head of Gryffindor House/Deputy Headmistress
Prof. Severus Snape-Potions/Head of Slytherin House
Prof. Flitwick-Charms/Head of Ravenclaw House
Prof. Sprout-Herbology/Head of Hufflepuff House
Prof. Albus Dumbledore-Headmaster
Prof. Rubeus Hagrid-Gamekeeper/Care of Magical Creatures
Prof. Quirrel-Past Defense Against the Dark Arts
Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart-Past Defense Against the Dark Arts
Prof. Remus Lupin-Past Defense Against the Dark Arts
Prof. "Mad-eye" Moody-Past Defense Against the Dark Arts
Madam Hooch-Quidditch Instructor
Madam Poppy Pomfrey-Nurse
Madam Pince-Librarian
Prof. Sinistra-Astronomy
Prof. Vector-Arithmancy
Prof. Sibyll Trelawney-Divination
Argus Filch-Caretaker
HOGWARTS SCHOOL SONG:
Hogwarts Hogwarts Hoggy Warty Hogwarts
Teach us something please
Whether we be old and bald or young with scabby knees
Our heads could do with filling with some interesting stuff
For now they're bare and full of air
Dead flies and bits of fluff
So teach us things worth knowing
Bring back what we've forgot
Just do your best we'll do the rest and learn until our brains all rot!
THE SORTING HAT SONGS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK:
'Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can top them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a steady mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!'
'A thousand years or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favourites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your mind
And tell where you belong!'
SCHOOL PASSWORDS:
-Gryffindor Tower:
Caput Draconis
Flibbertigibbet
Pig snout
Wattlebird
Oddsbodokins
Fortuna Major
Balderdash
Scurvy cur
Fairy lights
Banana fritters
-Slytherin House:
Pure-blood
-Dumbledore's Office:
Cockroach cluster
Sherbert lemon
Lemon drop
-Prefects Bathroom:
Pine fresh |
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