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The '''Wailing Widow''' is a female [[ghost]] from Kent. She is a close friend of Nearly-Headless Nick as she attended [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party]]. Sir Nick was very grateful that she traveled from Kent to his party. It is unknown if she married once or many times, but it is likely that she wails for the death of her husband. <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Deathday Party'')</ref>
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{{Quote|Not a bad turnout. The Wailing Widow came all the way up from Kent… It's nearly time for my speech, I'd better go and warn the orchestra…|[[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]] to [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] during his [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|five-hundredth Deathday Party]].|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
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The '''Wailing Widow''' was a female [[ghost]] from [[Kent]]. She was a close friend of [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington|Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]] as she attended [[Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party|his five-hundredth Deathday Party]], having had to travel all the way from [[Kent]] to [[Scotland]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Deathday Party'')</ref>
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*In the Danish dub of the Disc 2 of the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', the title for ''[[Travels with Trolls]]'' was mistranslated as ''Danser med Den Hvide Dame'', which means ''Dancing with the Wailing Widow''.
   
 
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Revision as of 18:22, 18 April 2013

"Not a bad turnout. The Wailing Widow came all the way up from Kent… It's nearly time for my speech, I'd better go and warn the orchestra…"
Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington to Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger during his five-hundredth Deathday Party.[src]

The Wailing Widow was a female ghost from Kent. She was a close friend of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington as she attended his five-hundredth Deathday Party, having had to travel all the way from Kent to Scotland.[1]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)