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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.

History[]

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 Southfarthing.[1]

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 the Númenóreans in the Second Age.[2]

Popular Shire-hobbit varieties of pipe-weed soon included Longbottom Leaf, Old Toby (named after Tobold Hornblower and revered by Bilbo Baggins) and Southern Star, all grown in the Southfarthing.

A lower quality strain of pipe-weed called the Southlinch was used in the town of Bree. It was named after the hily fields where it was grown on the south side of Bree-hill.

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Merry (of Peter Jackson's films) smoking his pipe-weed

The wizard Gandalf learned to smoke pipe-weed from the Hobbits and was known to blow elaborate smoke-rings. Saruman initially criticized him for this, but eventually secretly 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 until later the implications of the discovery of Saruman's commerce with the Shire.[3]

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A barrel of "Southfarthing Leaf" in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

See also[]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Pyp gras
Albanian Bari i tubave
Amharic የፓይፕ-ሣር
Arabic عشب الأنابيب
Armenian Խողովակների խոտ
Assamese পাইপ ঘাঁহ
Azerbaijani Boru-ot
Belarusian Cyrillic Трубавая трава
Bengali পাইপ ঘাস
Bulgarian Cyrillic Тръбна трева
Cambodian ស្មៅបំពង់
Catalan Herbes de pipa
Chinese 管草
Croatian Trava za lulu
Czech Roura bylinkový
Danish Pibe urt
Dogri पाइप घास
Dutch Pijpkruid
Estonian Toru-rohi
Finnish Piippukessu
French Herbe à pipe
Frisian Piip gers (Western)
Georgian მილის ბალახი
German Pfeifenkraut
Greek Χόρτο σωλήνων
Gujarati પાઈપ ઘાસ
Hindi पाइप घास
Icelandic Pípugras
Indonesian Pipa-rumput
Irish Gaelic Féar píopa
Italian Erba Pipa
Japanese パイプ草
Kannada ಪೈಪ್ ಹುಲ್ಲು
Konkani नळयेचें तण
Korean 파이프 잔디
Kurdish (Sorani) چیمەنی بۆری Giya boriyê (Kurmanji)
Laotian ຫຍ້າທໍ່
Latvian Cauruļu garšaugi
Lithuanian Vamzdžių žolės
Macedonian Cyrillic Цевни билки
Malagasy Ahitra sodina
Malayalam പൈപ്പ് പുല്ല്
Malaysian Rumput paip
Maltese Ħaxix tal-pajp
Mongolian Cyrillic Хоолой-өвс
Nepalese पाइप-घाँस
Norwegian Pipeurt
Pashto پایپ واښه
Persian چمن لوله
Polish Fajkowe ziele
Portuguese A grama de Tubulação (Portugal) Erva de fumo (Brazil)
Punjabi ਪਾਈਪ ਘਾਹ
Romanian Larba de țeavă
Russian Трубочное зелье
Sanskrit पाइपतृणम्
Scottish Gaelic Feur pìoba
Serbian Трава-за-лулу (Cyrillic) Trava-za-lulu (Latin)
Sindhi پائپ گھاس
Sinhalese පයිප්ප තණකොළ
Slovak Potrubná tráva
Slovenian Cevna trava
Somali Cawska tuubada
Spanish Hierba para pipa
Swahili Nyasi ya bomba
Swedish Rörgräs
Tajik Cyrillic Алафи қубур
Tamil குழாய் புல்
Tatar Торба үләне
Telugu పైప్ గడ్డి
Thai หญ้าท่อ
Turkish Boru otu
Turkmen Turba otlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic Трубова трава
Urdu پائپ گھاس
Uzbek Қувур ўти (Cyrillic) Quvur o'ti (Latin)
Vietnamese Cỏ ống
Yiddish רער גראָז

References[]

  1. The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, II: "Concerning Pipe-weed"
  2. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. VIII: "The Houses of Healing"
  3. The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. IX: "Flotsam and Jetsam"
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