To save a hobbit's toes...

[rabidsamfan]

"I thought hobbits didn't wear shoes," Aragorn said, watching as Frodo paused to brush the snow and grit out of his footfur with a sturdy brush in preparation to don a pair of thick woolen socks with leather soles sewn to the bottoms. "Bilbo never has."

"These aren't shoes, they're stockings," Frodo muttered, fighting with a particularly stubborn piece of ice. "Bilbo had dwarf boots, when he got to the mountains. And he wouldn't need much in Rivendell, where he can go warm his toes whenever he wants." He tugged the socks on and looked up at Caradhras. "I'm ready now."


ETA, this is more a plot bunny than anything else... But it's so cold out tonight I couldn't resist!

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[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

That is a solution to how the hobbits did not freeze their feet off (except that they got carried) but don`t you think Tolkien would have mentioned something like that if they used it? It`s an intersting idea to ponder though...