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'''Old Toby''' was one of the most notable of the 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 the 2nd 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.
 
[[Category:Plants]]
'''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"/>
 
==Etymology==
The genuine [[Westron]] name was ''[[zara]]-Tobi''.{{fact}}
 
==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]]
[[de:Alter Tobi]]
[[fi:Vanha tobo]]

Revision as of 08:27, 28 August 2015

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]

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]

Etymology

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Pipe-weed"
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