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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I wouldn't ay that they are forgotten. They were just unknown. 
The Rohirrim, who at some point (while living in the North) encountered hobbits, preserved memmory of them in tales. Those that lived or travelled by the Shire/Bree knew about them. Other races (eg Ents, like you said) probably never saw a hobbit before LOTR times. |
I wouldn't even say they were unknown...unusal perhaps, and though of as a myth, but if the Rohirrim, Elves, Dwarves, and at least some of the men of Gondor, as well as the men around Hobbiton and presumably the men of Laketown following Bilbo's adventure, are aware of Halflings/Hobbits, the Ents look more like the minority then the majority, at least among the learned members of the other races by the time of the War of the Ring.