Quote:
Originally Posted by Celegost
This is odd because the Hobbits could only have known of one Wizard who smoked pipe-weed (Gandalf), because even though Saruman did as well, he had it transported to Isengard secretly.
|
Concerning pipe-weed was added to the
Red Book after Frodo's time.
Presumably, the writer was familliar with Merry and Pippin's accounts of finding Saruman's stash of pipe-weed at Orthanc.