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'''Morag MacDougal''' was a [[Wizardkind|student]] who began attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[1991]]. She was sorted into [[Ravenclaw]] House.
 
'''Morag MacDougal''' was a [[Wizardkind|student]] who began attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in [[1991]]. She was sorted into [[Ravenclaw]] House.
   
==Behind the scenes==
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==Behind the Scenes==
*As [[Isobel MacDougal]] never appears in the [[Harry Potter books|''Harry Potter'' novels]], it is possible that she is the same character as Morag, having been renamed at some point without [[J.K. Rowling]] noting the change on her hand-written list of the forty original students in [[Harry Potter|Harry's]] year.
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*As [[Isobel MacDougal]] never appears in the [[Harry Potter books|''Harry Potter'' novels]], it is possible that she is the same character as Morag, having been renamed at some point without [[J.K. Rowling]] noting the change on her handwritten list of the forty original students in [[Harry Potter|Harry's]] year.
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
Morag is from Gaelic mór, "tall." Dougall is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mc" is "son of."
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Morag is from Gaelic mór, "tall." Dougall is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mac" is "son of."
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

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Morag MacDougal was a student who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. She was sorted into Ravenclaw House.

Behind the Scenes

Etymology

Morag is from Gaelic mór, "tall." Dougall is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mac" is "son of."

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Despite this character not actually being identified in the film, they were sorted in 1991 and therefore were present in the films adaption of the sorting amongst the crowd of first years, as they had to be sorted and even though they weren't mentioned they'd still be one of the students in that crowd.