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Has any tried the tobacco names after Lord of the Rings material- like a shortcut to mushrooms, bag end, old toby? any good? i plan on buying some and was wondering.
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Backgrounder, courtesy of https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Pipe-weed
Pipe-weed was a plant of Middle-earth, in particular grown and enjoyed much by the Hobbits of the Shire, to whom it was first introduced by Tobold Hornblower.
It was first grown in the Shire by Tobold Hornblower in Longbottom around SR 1070 (the year 2670 of the Third Age). Despite its foreign origins, the Hobbits were the first to use it for smoking. Pipe-weed production became a major industry in the Shire, especially in the south.
The same plant was known among the Dúnedain as sweet galenas for its fragrance. In Gondor, it was known as Westman's-weed, and grew there as a wild plant, appreciated most for its sweet-scented flowers. The colloquial name was in reference to its origins: it was apparently brought to Middle-earth by Númenóreans in the Second Age.
Popular Hobbit varieties of pipe-weed soon included Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby (named after Tobold Hornblower and revered by Bilbo Baggins), Southern Star, and Southlinch, which was grown in Bree.
The Wizard Gandalf learned to smoke pipe-weed from the Hobbits and was known to blow elaborate smoke-rings. Saruman initially derided him for this, but at some point took up smoking himself. After the destruction of Isengard, pipe-weed was found among its stores, but the hobbits Merry and Pippin failed to realized the sinister implications of the discovery of Saruman's commerce with the Shire.
I can attest to Vauen "The Shire" being a very tasty aromatic, if you like fruity aromatics...I know I do.
I try to read LOTR once every year to year and a half. Just finished watching the trilogy here at home 2 weeks ago...
But alas, I don't have any LOTR based pipe weed to show for my enthusiasm...
I blame myself 😕
Tolkien and tobacco ... with Auenland the Shire Evening Mixture by VAUEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmyR60whxRwPipesmoking in the LOTR Trilogy
A compilation of all the pipe-smoking scenes in the extended Lord of the Rings Trilogy.Smoking A Pipe In The Hobbit Films
https://www.tobaccopipes.com/blog/smoking-a-pipe-in-the-hobbit-films/I represent that remark!
Also, they don’t come with an EA Carey stamp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrKXH1CeXck
https://www.alpascia.com/moments/en/detail/53
http://www.alpascia.com/moments/d/Pipes-in-Middle-Earth-i24603.html
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