According to the prologue of FoTR hobbits "seldom wore shoes. . . .the only craft little practiced among them was shoe-making." The same prologue states that the hobbits of the Marish "were rather large and heavy legged and they wore dwarf-boots in muddy weather." Therefore neither shoes nor boots were unknown, only uncommon.
Tolkien originally wrote the Troll Song entirely unrelated LoTR. According to The History of Middle Earth, Vol VI , The Return of the Shadow, Chapter 8, Arrival at Bree, it was originally meant to be sung at the inn at Bree by Bingo (whose place in later drafts was taken by Frodo.) It moved around the text a couple of times before settling down to being sung by Sam at Trollshaw.
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Tom & his boots II
Date: 2004-07-25 04:12 am (UTC)Tolkien originally wrote the Troll Song entirely unrelated LoTR. According to The History of Middle Earth, Vol VI , The Return of the Shadow, Chapter 8, Arrival at Bree, it was originally meant to be sung at the inn at Bree by Bingo (whose place in later drafts was taken by Frodo.) It moved around the text a couple of times before settling down to being sung by Sam at Trollshaw.