Tolkien Gateway

Old Toby

(Difference between revisions)
m (Proper date format)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
__NOTOC__
 
{{disambig-two|the pipe-weed|the Hobbit named "Old Toby"|[[Tobold Hornblower]]}}
 
{{disambig-two|the pipe-weed|the Hobbit named "Old Toby"|[[Tobold Hornblower]]}}
−
'''Old Toby''' was one of the most notable three varieties of the plant known as pipe-weed or [[Halflings]]' Leaf, grown in the region around [[Longbottom]] in the [[Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]].
 
  
−
It took its name from the famous old Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original "Old Toby", [[Tobold Hornblower]], who grew the first true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of [[Isengrim Took II]] about the year 1070 of Shire-reckoning.  
+
'''Old Toby''' was one of the three most notable varieties of [[pipe-weed]], grown in the region around [[Longbottom]] in [[the Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]].<ref name="Pipeweed">{{FR|Pipeweed}}</ref>
 +
 
 +
==History==
 +
The leaf took its name from the Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original "Old Toby", [[Tobold Hornblower]], who grew the first true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of [[Isengrim Took II]] about the year {{SR|1070|n}} of [[Shire-reckoning]].  
 +
 
 +
How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell.<ref name="Pipeweed"/>
  
−
How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell.
 
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
−
The genuine [[Westron]] name was ''[[zara]]-Tobi''.
+
The genuine [[Westron]] name was ''[[zara]]-Tobi''.{{fact}}
−
[[Category:Plants]]
+
 
 +
== Portrayal in Adaptations ==
 +
[[Image:Item-Old Toby Pipe-weed.jpg|thumb]]
 +
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
 +
:The smoke from Old Toby Pipe-weed takes the form of a large heart with a ring inside it.
 +
 
 +
{{references}}
 +
[[Category:Pipe-weed]]

Latest revision as of 09:29, 12 October 2012

This article is about the pipe-weed. For the the Hobbit named "Old Toby", see Tobold Hornblower.

Old Toby was one of the three most notable varieties of pipe-weed, grown in the region around Longbottom in the Shire's Southfarthing.[1]

[edit] History

The leaf took its name from the Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original "Old Toby", Tobold Hornblower, who grew the first true pipe-weed in his gardens in the days of Isengrim Took II about the year 1070 of Shire-reckoning.

How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell.[1]

[edit] Etymology

The genuine Westron name was zara-Tobi.[source?]

[edit] Portrayal in Adaptations

Item-Old Toby Pipe-weed.jpg

2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:

The smoke from Old Toby Pipe-weed takes the form of a large heart with a ring inside it.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Pipe-weed"
Retrieved from "http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Old_Toby"