{"id":2327,"date":"2010-09-26T21:33:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T21:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2010-09-26T21:33:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T21:33:35","slug":"harry-potter-names-came-from-greyfriers-graveyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=2327","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter Names came from Greyfriers Graveyard."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always been a big fan of the Harry Potter books so was interested to hear that some of the character names came from Greyfriers Graveyard in Edinburgh.\u00a0 The room is which JK Rowling sat to write Harry Potter overlooks Greyfriers graveyard,\u00a0 and in this graveyard are the graves of Tom Riddle and Mcgonagal.<\/p>\n<p>The evil Voldermort&#8217;s name used to be Tom Riddle. \u00a0The real Thomas Riddle died in 1806 and only shares a name in common with Voldermort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6331\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6331 \" alt=\"Tom Riddle\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry1.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Riddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6333\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6333 \" alt=\"harry2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry2.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grave of Thomas Riddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minerva McGonagal is the head of Griffindor House and teaches transformation to the young witches and wizards of Hogworts. Her name comes from William McGonagal, a poet who holds the title of The Worst Poet in The English Language. I think that near his gave is a grave with the name Minerva on it. One of William McGonagal ditties goes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Great Cow Disaster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Upon yonder hill there stands a coo<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just had a look<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no there noo!<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if it is also relevant that William transforms as Menerva transforms objects, like herself into a cat.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder where some of the other character names come from?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6334\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6334\" alt=\"Minerva McGonagal\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry3.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minerva McGonagal&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6335\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6335 \" alt=\"Grave of William Mcgonagall\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/harry4.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grave of William Mcgonagall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always been a big fan of the Harry Potter books so was interested to hear that some of the character names came from Greyfriers Graveyard in Edinburgh.\u00a0 The room is which JK Rowling sat to write Harry Potter overlooks Greyfriers graveyard,\u00a0 and in this graveyard are the graves of Tom Riddle and Mcgonagal. 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