| Hogwarts a History |
| The Founders of Hogwarts |
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| The four founders of Hogwarts were named Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Godric Gryiffindor. They came up with the idea to teach younger witches and wizards magic and to keep them away |
| from Muggles because they believed that magic was nothing to be ashamed of. Each created a house for students to fit in easier. Hufflepuff (the kind and truly caring at heart), Slytherin (the clever and ambisious), Ravenclaw (the wise and trustworthy) and Gryffindor (the brave and witty). To decide which house each student would go in they all but some of their thoughts in to Gryiffindor's hat and then they let the hat decide which house a student belongs in. |
| The Chamber of Secrets |
| After starting Hogwarts the founders found it hard to get along with Salazar Slytherin. This was because he wanted only students with magic families to come to Hogwarts but not magic students from Muggle families. Slytherin felt left out of the group so he bulit a secret chamber in the girls toilets on the second floor girls toilets at Hogwarts. This chamber was named the chamber of secrets and could only be opened if you told the tap with a snake engraved on it to 'open' in parsel mouth. Parsel mouth is the language that snakes speak and some wizards are born with it but very few are. Salazar Slytherin was one of them and he knew none of the founders could find his chamber if he made it only open to parselmouths. Slytherin bbuilt a statue of himself and magicked it so that when you speak parsel mouth to the statue a basilisk would come out (read about the basilisk in the Monster Book of Monsters). |
| Facts About Hogwarts |
| ~ Hogwarts has seven floors. ~ The Sorting Hat was Godric Gryffindor's hat. ~ The only way to get to Hogwarts is to catch the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross station in London unless you live in Hogsmeade the only wizarding town in Britian which is hidden from Muggles. You must go to platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station which you get to by going through what appears to be a solid barrier. The Hogwarts Express will then take you to the village of Hogsmeade then coaches will await you to take you up to Hogwarts Castle. ~ The Hogwarts motto is "Draco Dormien Nuquam Titillandus" which translated in to English is "Never tickle a sleeping Dragon". ~ A few years ago, the famous James Potter and his friends created a magical map that shows every activity, secret and person at Hogwarts. They named it the Marauders Map. ~ Hogwarts is surrounded by the Forbidden Forest, which is inhabited by many facsinating creatures, such as: Centaurs, Monsterous spiders, The Wealeys Ford Anglea( now running wild!) Unicorns, and plenty others. This forest if off limits to any and all Hogwarts students, unless they are in there serving as harsh detention. ~ The teachers at Hogwarts are very strict when it comes to discipline. For instance, if you mistreat a book in the Hogwarts School Library their is a great chance the book is bewitched to hit you in the head, set your hair on fire, or some other weird thing that you would never expect. So be careful not to accidentally doodle on the cover of a Hogwart's Book, for you never know what may happen! ~ Muggles cannot see Hogwarts. Instead if they do lay their eyes upon Hogwarts they will see a dangerous reckage. ~ Hogwarts holds over 100 house elves which is the largest number of house elves in one place in the world. ~ Muggle devices don't work in Hogwarts because there is too much magic in the air.. ~ You cannot apparate into or out of Hogwarts. ~ The Hogwarts lake is home to a giant squid and Merpeople (see Monster Book of Monsters). ~ Hogwarts is a riddle to everyone. It has many secret passges, some known, some not, some used, others unused. Hogwarts is also so possessed by magic that places in Hogwarts regularly move around. Including the armor. ~ The entrances to all the common rooms are hidden. For instance the gryffindor entarnce is a portrait and the Slytherin entrance is a hidden trap door in the dungeons. ~ There are 142 stair cases in Hogwarts. Some take you to a different place on Fridays and some that have steps that you will have to remember because they are vanishing steps that dissapear when you touch them, the stairs at Hogwarts come in many different shapes and sizes that take you all around Hogwarts. You have to trust and approach the stairs cautiously if you want to get around Hogwarts. To get through some doors you have to ask politely, do whatever the door tells you to do or tickle them in exactly the right place. Sometimes the walls pretend to be doors so you have to be careful and try to remember everything....which is impossible when it comes to memorizing everything about Hogwarts. ~ Sometimes unknown rooms appear at random times at Hogwarts, maybe this book should be called Hogwarts a Mystery? |
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| The Daily Routine of Hogwarts |
| The day begins with punkin juice and brekfast in the Great Hall during which hundreds of owls fly through the hall windows to deliever mail to all the awaiting students. The bell to signal the students to their first lesson rings at 9 o' clock. Then there are two lessons, then there is a hlaf an hour break. After that there is another lesson there an hours lunch time from 12 o' clock to 1 o' clock. After that there are a futher two lessons and then the school day has finished. At around 7 o' clock you go to have your dinner and then you spend the rest of your time studying or socializing (there is no arranged time of when you have to go to bed). |
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