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come on this is general knowledge! its called the whomping willow and in the books its over 200 years old and it has a secret entrance to the house in hogsmaid all's you need to do is hit the knot in the tree with a stick to calm it down so you can get into the entrance. come on who doesn't know that?
The tree is called the Whomping Willow. It was planted in 1971 in preparation for Remus Lupin's arrival at the school. The tree conceals a secret passageway to the Shrieking Shack, where Remus would hide during the full moon.
Ron's first wand, that belonged to his brother Charlie, was ash, 12 inches, and had a unicorn tail hair core. That was the wand that snapped when he and Harry crashed the flying Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow. His second wand he got during the summer holidays after that happened was willow, 14 inches, and also had a unicorn tail hair core.
Harry Potter met Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle on the train. In the movie, he doesn't meet Crabbe or Goyle on the train.
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