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'''Old Toby''' was one of the three most notable varieties of [[pipe-weed]], grown in the region around [[Longbottom]] in [[the Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]]. | '''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== | ==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 | 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== | ==Etymology== | ||
The genuine [[Westron]] name was ''[[zara]]-Tobi''. | The genuine [[Westron]] name was ''[[zara]]-Tobi''.<ref name="PM">{{PM|Languages}}</ref> | ||
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==Portrayal in adaptations== | |||
[[Image:Item-Old Toby Pipe-weed.jpg|thumb]] | [[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. | |||
'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':''' | |||
:As [[Radagast]] narrates terrified to [[Gandalf]] his encounter with the [[Necromancer]] in [[Dol Guldur]], Gandalf offers him to pull from his pipe some "Old Toby" to calm down. | |||
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[[Category:Pipe-weed]] | [[Category:Pipe-weed]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 21 March 2023
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
The genuine Westron name was zara-Tobi.[2]
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
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.
2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
- As Radagast narrates terrified to Gandalf his encounter with the Necromancer in Dol Guldur, Gandalf offers him to pull from his pipe some "Old Toby" to calm down.
