Snape: *considers* Will I have to wear the pointy hat? Remus: You won't have to wear anything, Severus.
Heehee!
Your questions about underage wizardry are good ones, though they make my head ache.
The logical explanation is, the Ministry can only tell magic has been performed, but not by whom, and they have no control over underage wizards and witched doing macic within a magical environment.
This makes sense, given what we see in the books, but then again it doesn't make sense to me, because the restriction on underage magic would be useless for wizarding families. Though, maybe that is the point...in Wizard families, adults can take care of any problems kids might cause by messing with magic, but in Muggle families, a magical kids could do more damage.
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Date: 2004-07-09 06:36 pm (UTC)Remus: You won't have to wear anything, Severus.
Heehee!
Your questions about underage wizardry are good ones, though they make my head ache.
The logical explanation is, the Ministry can only tell magic has been performed, but not by whom, and they have no control over underage wizards and witched doing macic within a magical environment.
This makes sense, given what we see in the books, but then again it doesn't make sense to me, because the restriction on underage magic would be useless for wizarding families. Though, maybe that is the point...in Wizard families, adults can take care of any problems kids might cause by messing with magic, but in Muggle families, a magical kids could do more damage.