Hobbits have been living and farming in the four Farthings of the Shire for many hundreds of years quite content to ignore and be ignored by the world of the Big Folk.
Hobbitar hafa stundađ búskap í hinum fjķru Fjķrđungum Hérađs í hundruđ ára sáttir viđ ađ hunsa og vera hunsađir af heimi Stķra fķlksins.