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{{Youmay|the boy who attended the 1994 Quidditch World Cup|[[Kevin (disambiguation)|another person with the same name]]}}
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'''Kevin''' was a young child who attended the [[Quidditch World Cup]] final in [[1994]] with his parents. He played with his father's [[wand]] at the campsite, enlarging a slug until his mother caught and stopped him. <span style="font-style: normal; ">When she acidentally stepped on the magically enlarged slug, he cried out, </span>''"You bust slug! You bust slug!"''<span style="font-style: normal; ">. </span>
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==Etymology==
'''Kevin''' was a child who attended the [[Quidditch World Cup]] final in 1994 with his parents. He played with his father's wand at the campsite, and [[Engorging Charm|enlarged]] a slug before his mother caught him.
 
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The name "Kevin" is the anglicised form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth". Saint Caoimhín established a monastery in Glendalough, Ireland in the 6th century and is the patron saint of Dublin. It became popular in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland in the 20th century.
 
Kevin shows magical abilities much before his seventh birthday (which experts consist as a final stadium of showing magic), so according to his birthdate he would start Hogwarts in c. 2003 or 2004.
 
   
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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Revision as of 21:29, 17 October 2014

"You bust slug! You bust slug!"
— Kevin to his mother at the Quidditch World Cup[src]

Kevin was a young child who attended the Quidditch World Cup final in 1994 with his parents. He played with his father's wand at the campsite, enlarging a slug until his mother caught and stopped him. When she acidentally stepped on the magically enlarged slug, he cried out, "You bust slug! You bust slug!".

Etymology

The name "Kevin" is the anglicised form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth". Saint Caoimhín established a monastery in Glendalough, Ireland in the 6th century and is the patron saint of Dublin. It became popular in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland in the 20th century.

Appearances