farmer maggot

I'm currently rereading FOTR and had a question to pose to you lovely folks. We know that Farmer Maggot and Tom Bombadil know each other. Here is the passage (from when Frodo and the gang are at Bombadil's house) for those who haven't read it in a while: "He [Tom] appeared already to know much...

Specifically this question was prompted by the reference to white bread on the meal table of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. I thought where did the flour come from? There could be a cereal field beyond their kitchen garden but then the idea of Tom or Goldberry hand grinding the corn doesn't seem to...

Greetings! The two never met in Fellowing of the Ring, yet Tom got some knowledge from farmer Maggot. How? Was Tom Bombadillo a frequent visitor to hobbit-land? :confused:

Wow. It has been a long time since I posted in the movie forum. Since coming back on here I decided to go and watch the extended edition movies again. Most of my LoTR books are packed so I can't access them.:( Luckily, time has softened my purist stance on the movies (though I still did fast...

What do you have to say about the mist that covers the connection between Tom and Mr. Maggot?

I am back after my month away, and while I was gone, I thought of something in the Lord of the Rings. FotR says that Farmer Maggot has "3 ferocious looking dogs." Now, let us think here.....ferocious looking dogs to us would be about 3 or 4 feet tall and have huge teeth and much aggression...

This is a crazy and perhaps pointless thread, but I just re-read "A Short Cut To Mushrooms" in FotR, and this quote caught my attention: This is Farmer Maggot's account of his talk with one of the Ringwraiths, and the Ringwraith waved his hand WEST, I was just thinking 'what the?', because...

Ok, I've been wondering about this for a while. Farmer Maggot has always been somewhat of a mystery to me. Aragorn or Gandalf speaks of him as having dealings with elves, and being able to perceive alot behind what is being said. Can anyone throw any light on this? Thanks.

Mrs. Maggot wrote: You raise a number of different points here. Your central complaint is, if I understand you correctly, that PJ has changed the meaning of the story. Let me respond first to that. I have always been of the opinion that truly complex, great works of art, be it music...