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The '''Shire-hobbits''' were the [[Hobbits]] that lived in [[the Shire]], as opposed to [[Bree-hobbits]] and [[Buckland]]ers.
The '''Shire-hobbits''' were the [[Hobbits]] that lived in [[the Shire]], as opposed to [[Bree-hobbits]] and [[Buckland]]ers. They represented the majority of the whole Hobbitish population of [[Middle-earth]]. Shire-hobbits called everyone else "[[Outsiders]]".


==History==
The Hobbits of the Shire were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind. The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the [[Took Family|Tooks]] of the [[Westfarthing]], who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of [[Thain]] from {{TA|2340}}.
Shire-hobbits were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind, even by other [[Hobbits]] (such as those of [[Bree]] or [[Buckland]]). The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the [[Took Family|Tooks]] of the [[Westfarthing]], who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of [[Thain]] from {{TA|2340}}.




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The Shire-hobbits were the Hobbits that lived in the Shire, as opposed to Bree-hobbits and Bucklanders. They represented the majority of the whole Hobbitish population of Middle-earth. Shire-hobbits called everyone else "Outsiders".

The Hobbits of the Shire were considered the most rustic and pastoral of their kind. The most important family among the Shire-hobbits were the Tooks of the Westfarthing, who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of Thain from T.A. 2340.