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HOGWARTS HOUSES
Below is some information on each of the Hogwarts houses, including
their colors and current/previous members.
Gryffindor
 "You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, their daring, nerve and chivalry set
Gryffindors apart.."
Colors: Scarlet and Gold
Ghost: Nearly Headless Nick
Head
of House: Minerva McGonagall
Entrance: The Fat Lady Picture
House Animal: Lion
Named After: Godric Gryffindor
Gryffindors: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley,
Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevey, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Lavender
Brown, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, Natalie McDonald
Former Gryffindors: (After the Fourth Book) Percy Weasley,
Oliver Wood, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Lily Potter, James
Potter
Ravenclaw
 "Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find
their kind."
Color: Blue and Bronze
Ghost: The Grey Lady
Head
of House: Prof. Flitwick
Entrance: The Knight
House Animal: Eagle
Named After: Rowena Ravenclaw
Ravenclaws: Terry Boot, Stewart Ackerly, Orla Quirke,
Padma Patil, Lisa Turpin, ??? Fawcett, Mandy Brocklehurst, Cho Chang
Former Ravenclaws: (After the Fourth Book) Penelope Clearwater
Hufflepuff
 "You might belong in Hufflepuff, where those are just and loyal, those patient Hufflepuff's are true
and unafraid of toil."
Colors: Yellow and Black
Ghost: The Fat Friar
Head
of House: Professor Sprout
Entrance: ???
House Animal: Badger
Named After: Helga Hufflepuff
Hufflepuffs: Susan Bones, Justin Flinch-Fletchley, Ernie
MacMillan, Hannah Abbot, Owen Cauldwell, Eleanor Branstone, Kevin Whitby, Stebbins, ?.
Former Hufflepuffs: Cedric Diggory (deceased)
Slytherin
 "Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends, those cunning folk use any means, to achieve
their ends."
Colors: Green and Silver
Ghost: The Bloody Baron
Head
of House: Severus Snape
Entrance: Stone Wall
Mascot: Serpent
Named After: Salazar Slytherin
Slytherins: Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle,
Millicent Bulstrode, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Malcolm Baddock, Graham Pritchard
Former Slytherins: Tom Riddle A.K.A. Lord Voldemort,
Severus Snape, Marcus Flint, Terence Higgs, Bletchly, ?, Peter Warrington.
Sorting Hat Songs
Book 1
'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!'
Book 4
'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!'
Book 5
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely
started
The Founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame
yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The
Four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends
anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could
it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said
Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence
is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach
the lot,
And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For
each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took
only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While
the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor,
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she
knew,
Thus the Houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For
several happy years,
But the discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars
four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it
seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And
at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And
never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
And they once were meant to
be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I'm
for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter
every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The
warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or
we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you
let the sorting now begin.
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