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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 [[Third Age|T.A.]] 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 [[Third Age|T.A.]] 2340.
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The Hobbits of the Shire; the descendants and followers of Marcho and Blanco, the two Bree-hobbits who founded the Shire. Among the Shire-hobbits were representatives of each of the three main types of Hobbit, the Stoors, Harfoots and Fallohides.

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 Tooks of the Westfarthing, who had held the hereditary, and largely honorary, title of Thain from T.A. 2340.