I forwarded your response to my son who is vacationing in NZ and asked him to watch out for them. Your description was VERY good!!! I think we can say they ARE Cornish, don't you? They sound like some of my relatives!!! Can we bring some of them to the party? Jan in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Mosman" <jwmos99@msn.com> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits Hi Jan - He might be a Cornish Hobbit if..... * he has extra-large feet, with tufts of hair on the toes, and in some groups, fur all over the tops of their feet - and very hardy, thick soles (they seldom if ever wear shoes) * he's curious, and into everything, but finds strangers quite suspicious - and can't understand people who travel * loves the earth, and tending plantings - and thinks his patch of earth the very best * he has LOTS of energy, unless he's one of the slower ones * he has excellent hearing and sharp eyesight * has an ability to be rather unnoticeable at times; good at getting around the edges of rooms so to speak * long, skillful fingers (good for extracting gorgeous, shiny, pretty things that need a home..) * likes Saffron cakes, and other delicacies such as Star Gazey Pie * knows all the words to "Up Camborne Hill" and "Trelawney" * loves to wear bright colours, especially on a dull day * likes to play with big, shiny engines, especially up and down hills, or in mines * a love of laughter, jests, games, and celebrations - so they'd be at the party, making and keeping it lively! •A particular love for the smoking of tobacco in small clay pipes (now you KNOW they're Cornish - c. Finnes described in her Travel book how she found all the women, children, and men smoking tobacco from small clay pipes. So check out the males with whom you're acquainted carefully; if one has three or more of these characteristics, he just might be a Cornish Hobbit!! Julianna (oh yes, they live in houses in the ground, burrows, or nowadays, an earth-home!) found this about their size - "if you consider the hobbits' diminutive stature as a sign not of a lack of courage or steadfastness, but rather as a lack of towering ambition and desire, their heroic role makes perfect sense." ---------------------------------------- > I have wondered > if Bilbo Baggins is Cornish. He's a little short guy and doesn't he have > something to do with "Middle Earth"? Sounds like a mine to me...I really > need to read those books............... > Jan in San Diego ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

ABSOPOTUTELY!! Just be a bit watchful if you happen to have jewels hanging about various parts of your person, or a few bits of coin lying on a counter. They're so pretty, it might be hard for a C.H. to resist! (and that sounds like some of MY relatives...!) (Well, I said some of my best friends were briefly exposed to gaols...didn't I?) Julianna Oh yes! Forgot to mention that this wonderful Tard.. - no, it's a hot-air balloon with customized basket (TeeHeeHee) - has some wizardry communications devices; I've managed to speak to a wonderful man who has promised to deliver his very best greens to decorate the gaol, and he'll try to find his stock of miner's candles; we should be able to party with those for at least 10 or more hours!! But who has the matches?? ---------------------------------------- > From: jandavis3@cox.net > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:52:36 -0800 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2012 - Hobbits > > I forwarded your response to my son who is vacationing in NZ and asked him > to watch out for them. Your description was VERY good!!! I think we can say > they ARE Cornish, don't you? They sound like some of my relatives!!! Can we > bring some of them to the party? > Jan in San Diego >