Challenge: mythbusting: Snape's mother
Word Count: 100
Excerpt from the Daily Prophet, published two days after the appearance of the claim that Severus Snape is the son of Irma Pince:
...Mintweed's reading at Flourish & Blotts was disrupted by the arrival of Madam Irma Pince of Hogwarts. Madam Pince, who has an enviable reputation for scholarly integrity, shoved her way through the crowd to confront Mr. Mintweed during an anecdote about Professor Snape's adolescent acne.
“I am not his mother!” she bellowed, aiming her wand at Mr. Mintweed's manuscript, which promptly exploded. “How dare you!”
Professor Snape, holidaying in Kent, could not be reached for comment...