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Ollivander: "Surely you don't use them?"
Rubeus Hagrid: "No..."
Ollivander on Rubeus Hagrid's wand, inside his umbrella.[src]

This umbrella is illegally used to hold Rubeus Hagrid's wand's pieces after he was expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1943. During his third year at Hogwarts, Hagrid was falsely accused by Tom Riddle to have released a creature on the school that killed a muggle-born witch named Myrtle. As a result of this, his wand was destroyed by the Ministry of Magic. Although it was destroyed, Dumbledore allowed him to secretly keep the shards of his wand in the shaft of a pink umbrella, the shards still possessing a good portion of the wand's original power. However, since he never graduated, Hagrid's magic was never flawless; so even though he was able to use the pink umbrella as a wand substitute, he didn't have the skill required for even simple feats of magic. This caused him to rarely perform the spells that he wanted to.

Examples of unsuccessful magic

Examples of successful magic

  • In 1991, Hagrid made fire in the fireplace at Hut-on-the-Rock.
  • In 1991, Hagrid made the row boat that him and Harry Potter were using to get back to the mainland go faster by tapping it twice on the side.
  • In 1991 and 1996, Hagrid used his umbrella to gain access to Diagon Alley.
  • In 1992, Hagrid insinuated to Harry that he had used magic to enlarge the pumpkins to the size of boulders.
  • In 1997, Hagrid successfully cast the Aguamenti, after Harry reminded him what the incantation was, together with Harry they put out the fire that was consuming his hut.
  • In 1997, Hagrid used Windgardium Leviosa to help the Weasleys raise the marquee for the Wedding.

Appearances

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