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			<title><![CDATA[ Rumors of a Party brewing ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It is well known among the communities of Hobbiton and Bywater that the actual birthdate of Mister Frodo Baggins, Esquire, is 1 Winterfilth, it has come to the attention of this newshobbit that a Belated Party is being held by Mister Baggins and his close friends along the banks of The Water.<br><br>One witness, Ted Sandyman, groussed about the fact that various vendors wagons, laden with many items, have been clogging the streets as they lumber up the road to Bag End. <br>&quot;And if that... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alan Lee &amp; John Howe Convention Appearance ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Return of the Convention (<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nadobra.com/conv/,">www.nadobra.com/conv/,</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> 25th-28th March 2005 in Bristol, UK) will be attended by artists Alan Lee and John Howe. All profits from the event will go to The Red Cross who are deeply involved in current relief efforts after the Asian Tsunami.<br><br>Alan and John will be available for autographs to all attendees (included in registration price) and will be giving a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:52:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Happy New Year!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well, it would seem that I am the first to enter anything on the Message Board for the new Year!<br><br>May this new year be filled with Happiness, Peace and Joy! May your larders be full and your household healthy, wealthy and wise!<br><br><div class='signature'>Miss Mundee Baggins<br>#4 Bagshot Row<br>Hobbiton, W. Farthing</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:59:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obituary, 10/13/1404 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wiseman Baggins of #7 Hedgewood Row, Standelf, Buckland, died recently in a tragic waggon roll-over accident on the Buckland road while driving home one evening from Haysend with a load of hay. The local shirriff, Rory Dimpling Brandybuck, investigated the scene of the accident and proclaimed that evidence exists suggesting that Wiseman may have been forced off the road by another waggon. Anyone who saw or heard the event is urged to contact Rory, who will be staying at the Robin's Nest Inn... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:08:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Outburst at the Baggins Birthday Bash ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It has come to my attention that I have been labelled 'a disturber of the peace' at this year's party. It has been rumored that more than one person has even taken to wearing signs upon their clothing that states they were attacked by me, Mundee Baggins!<br><br>Although I tend to be tomboyish when dealing with a certain Bennie Baggins, I apologize for any injury sustained by Miss Singswell (or any other hobbit) while in her company.<br><br>Oh, and Frodo... If I catch Bennie kissing you one... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New Bookstore Just Opened!!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <br>I am here to happily announce that the &quot;Curious Corner&quot; Bookstore was opened on Astron the 17th!<br>Help is very much wanted, as there are only two workers, my husband and myself.<br>Services include Book to buy or rent, plus writing supplies such as parchment, ink and quills, and cozy chairs to curl up and write in.<br>We also sell tea, crumpets, croissants, coffee and ale (coffee and ale of limited supply though) to our young aspring writers and shoppers.<br>Shoppers and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:46:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Tolkien Ensemble ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I thought this would be of interest in this forum....<br><br>Decca Records proudly presents <br>The Tolkien Ensemble &amp; Christopher Lee LORD OF THE RINGSAT DAWN IN RIVENDELL<br><br>On March 11, Decca Records will release LORD OF THE RINGSAT DAWN IN RIVENDELL, a new album featuring a wide range of songs and poems by J.R.R. Tolkien - from ethereal elven-hymns and love-songs to Hobbit drinking songs. The performances are by The Tolkien Ensemble and Christopher Lee, who stars as Saruman in... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:11:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Banks-Bolger wedding in Greenfields, 23rd Foreyule 1402 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mrs. Daisy Norbury and her husband traveled to Mrs. Norbury's family home in Greenfields over the weekend to attend the wedding of her aunt, Mrs. Primrose Banks, to Mr. Garenhad Bolger, a Budgeford solicitor of some repute. Mrs. Banks-Bolger is Mrs. Norbury's mother's twin sister, who was widowed three years ago when her dear husband, Will Banks, was killed in a carting accident. <br><br>In attendance at the wedding were Primrose's four siblings and their spouses, her two children (Andwise... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Yule Parties 1402 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just as last year, I will host a Yule Party on the Adventures thread. All are invited to attend. Come and go as you wish, there's plenty of food, ale, wine, coffee and tea to be shared.<br><br>Bring a guest or your family! Hope to see you there!<br><br>Ever eager to have friends drop by,<br><br>Miss Mundee Baggins<br>#4 Bagshot Row<br>Hobbiton, W. Farthing ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2002 06:51:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Grand Opening Party at the River Otter Inn, Needlehole ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mrs. Daisy Norbury proudly announces the Grand Opening Party of the River Otter Inn on Highday, the 19th of Blotmath, 1402. Join us for dinner and supper and whatfollows, since we plan to push aside some of the tables and dance a reel or two. Come celebrate! If you've a fiddle, hornpipe, drum, or whatever, bring it along!<br><br>Grand Opening Party Menu<br><br>Mushroom and bacon tart<br>Baked trout (fresh from the upper Water. a local favorite.)<br>Chicken potato mushroom soup<br>Root veggie... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:03:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The flu!!! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Greetings gentle-hobbits!!!<br><br>I just thought I would let you know that the flu is spreading over The Shire and according to the news I have heard it is quite bad. <br>It started in a little village in the nortfarthing, Oatbarton I think it was, and has now found its way down to Whitfurrows and the Bridgefields-area.<br><br>Well I guess that was it. Sorry for the bad news...<br><br>My best regards<br><br>Miss Belle Brandybuck<br>#17 Summerhill<br>Newbury, Buckland<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:07:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ First Shirrif (NF) Rodrigo Fox Announces Exciting News ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bindbale, NF - Rodrigo &quot;Ruddy&quot; Fox, First Shirrif of the North Farthing, announced today that the Shirrif's office and Bounders reserves will be sponsoring summer camps for lads and lasses. &quot;All the rest of the summer, we'll be teaching the old hill-hobbit skills... fire-making, tracking, wilderness living, all the woods wisdom that is kept alive by some of the older hobbits here in the North Farthing. We're passing it on to the younger generations.&quot; Shirrif Fox explained... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Called away ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dear fellow Hobbits and friends,<br><br>Due to certain private matters I shall not be able to stay in touch with you as often as I have done, to my own deep regret. I shall be able to visit this esteemed community but once a week, at the very most, at least for a while. Please rest assured that I shall miss you all very much and that I shall resume my frequent visits to the Shire Post as soon as I have the means. In the mean time, I can be reached on my ordinary Shire address (see below) and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2002 09:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ HELP WANTED ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Miss Lily Primstone, of Hardbottle, SF, seeks another young hobbit girl or two to help in the harvesting of her elderberries this fall. <br><br>Pay will be small, unfortunately, but Miss Lily promises to provide all meals (and a room if needed for out-of-town help) while working with her. <br><br>Possibility for permanent employment and increased pay if harvest is good this season.<br><br>Lily Primstone<br>#26 Sack Street<br>South Farthing ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2002 17:33:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chrystal Pervinca Took-Hornblower has passed away. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I'm posting this to let everyone know that the only mother I have ever known passed away two nights ago in Grey Havens.<br>After a long sickness she has finally found true peace.<br><br>She will be remembered greatly for her beauty, happiness and kindness. <br><br>Funeral will be held one week from today at the Tuckborough cementery where Chrystal will be buried in her family grave. <br><br>Missed and Loved<br><br>By, <br><br>Malva Hornblower <br>and family. <br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Malva Hornblower)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ AHGG!! Birthday List Lost! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I was, at one time, gathering everyone's birthdates so that we could all celebrate together on the Shire Post. Unfortunately, I was babysitting some toddlers last night. OH left the computer unattended...and the 2 year old managed to delete my Shire Post Birthday list, as well as our personal address files!<br><br>If anyone is interested, please e-mail me and let me know your birthdate (include the year born) and I will make the online party happen. <br><br>Miss Mundee Baggins<br>#4 Bagshot... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Yuletime party! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To all my dear hobbit friends,<br><br>You are cordially invited to attend a Yuletide/Hole Warming party at the home of Miss Diamond Harfoot-Baggins in Hobbiton! Bring your favorite Yuletide story and share it with the rest!<br><br>Need I say that there will be all sorts of edibles and plenty of ale and wine for all?<br><br>Should you need directions to #4 Bagshot Row, just go up the road to The Hill and turn left on Bagshot Row. You cannot miss it, as my hole is at the end of the lane, next... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:51:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Legend of Bullroarer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am currently working on the true story of how my famous ancestor - Bandobras Bullroarer Took - got his name. There are many legends and myths about him, and the short story I hope to soon post will hopefully clear things up. (real world - there is a Tolkien site that is looking for short stories on ME things or people, and I chose Bullroarer. It has to be submitted by 12-15-01, so it should be posted shortly thereafter). If any of you fair Hobbits have any ideas or references or stories you... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Timothy Took)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2001 06:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Minor injury at the mint ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While demonstrating the new press for a visitor at the mint late on the evening of 12 foryule SR1401, Will Whitfoot suffered a painful pulled muscle in his side. He stated, as he took his chair with a brandy at his elbow: &quot;Well, I hope we have enough coins minted for now.&quot; After examining him I conclude that a week's convalescence and aversion to heavy work should clear up the problem. Will responded with a rosy grin and drank my health. Witnesses say that he was explaining and... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Dr Barlidoc G Stonemould)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2001 08:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Heroes of Hobbitry? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How's that for a column name?<br><br><div class='signature'>Yours,<br>[signed]<br>Master Orgulas "Orgie*" Maggot, Esq. <br>Consulting Researcher and Historian, <br>#3 Westwood Road,<br>Undertowers, Westmarch. <br>(late of Michel Delving, late of Standelf, late of Bamfurlong) <br><br>Please come see my "Mathom Page" at <a href="http://www.storm.ca/~jebain">www.storm.ca/~jebain</a><br>----<br>* it rhymes with 'corgie'</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2001 05:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
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