The Black Squirrel of Mirkwood. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 10-21-2010, 03:17 AM

I am so happy to hear that I cannot be held accountable for inadvertently transporting a black in my luggage and releasing it in the UK.

Black squirrels, like crows, have a bad rep in Lotr. We know that Tolkien had a fear of spiders from an early childhood incident in South Africa. Perhaps that mill in Sarehole harboured black squirrels?

10-21-2010, 03:17 AM	#10
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	I am so happy to hear that I cannot be held accountable for inadvertently transporting a black in my luggage and releasing it in the UK. Black squirrels, like crows, have a bad rep in Lotr. We know that Tolkien had a fear of spiders from an early childhood incident in South Africa. Perhaps that mill in Sarehole harboured black squirrels? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.