True Story Behind Drinking With Hobbits for Hobbit Day #230

True Story Behind Drinking With Hobbits for Hobbit Day #230

Author: Marc Gunn, The Celtfather September 19, 2017 Duration: 16:09

Hobbit Day is on September 22nd. We're gonna celebrate it with the true story behind my popular song and album "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits". I'll share the origins of Hobbit Day and how I fell in love with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings as well all of the exciting things that have happened due to my love of hobbits. Subscribe to my mailing list for a free hobbit song and to the podcast at http://celtfather.com/.

What's in this Week's Show

  • Origins of Hobbit Day

  • How I Discovered Hobbits

  • Halflings and D&D

  • Psychology of a hobbit

  • The facts as I remember them of the truth behind "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits"

  • Origins of Memories of Middle earth

  • How you can have a happy hobbit birthday

Hobbit Resources Mentioned

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