The Shire is a very quiet place. Quite insular, in many ways. They don't necessarily like Outsiders much, in the Shire. But those who come and stay? That's different. Those folk are Shirefolk, now, and the Shire protects its own.
It's probably why no one ever mentions the fact that Master Mack who lives in a small hut out behind the Bird and Baby Inn is very definitely an elf, and not a hobbit. In fact, it's not entirely clear if the Shirefolk even realise that the minstrel who plays from 5pm to 8pm sharp Mondays to Fridays and mostly potters around in his garden the rest of the time is an elf at all. They certainly don't seem to think it odd that he's been doing this now since Carlo Blagrove's grandfather was the Tavernkeep, and doesn't seem to have aged a day (Or if they do, they're far too polite to say so. In public, you understand - it's simply not done.)
Either way, no one mentions anything except that he's very good, and knows all the best dancing songs, and can tell a good yarn with the best of the old gaffers, and minds his own business, which really just makes him the perfect neighbour.
Certainly, he doesn't seem to much like Gandalf, and always manages to be away when the wizard is in the Shire, but as said Wizard mostly spends his time up in Bag End or the Tooklands, no one brings it up, and Gandalf never asks. He's a Disturber of the Peace anyway, is Gandalf. No one can blame Master Mack for wanting too keep his Peace, can they? Why, his only failing is that he does not smoke and wears shoes. Nothing to be helped for that. Oh, and he seems a mite leery of Old Mad Baggins, but that's a Sensible Precaution, if you ask anyone who Has Sense.
All of which is to say, if you want some real dancing music, folks say, you should go down to the Bird and Baby between five to eight, and if you buy him a drink, Old Mack is quite happy to have a chat. He does requests too, if you ask nicely.
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It's probably why no one ever mentions the fact that Master Mack who lives in a small hut out behind the Bird and Baby Inn is very definitely an elf, and not a hobbit. In fact, it's not entirely clear if the Shirefolk even realise that the minstrel who plays from 5pm to 8pm sharp Mondays to Fridays and mostly potters around in his garden the rest of the time is an elf at all. They certainly don't seem to think it odd that he's been doing this now since Carlo Blagrove's grandfather was the Tavernkeep, and doesn't seem to have aged a day (Or if they do, they're far too polite to say so. In public, you understand - it's simply not done.)
Either way, no one mentions anything except that he's very good, and knows all the best dancing songs, and can tell a good yarn with the best of the old gaffers, and minds his own business, which really just makes him the perfect neighbour.
Certainly, he doesn't seem to much like Gandalf, and always manages to be away when the wizard is in the Shire, but as said Wizard mostly spends his time up in Bag End or the Tooklands, no one brings it up, and Gandalf never asks. He's a Disturber of the Peace anyway, is Gandalf. No one can blame Master Mack for wanting too keep his Peace, can they? Why, his only failing is that he does not smoke and wears shoes. Nothing to be helped for that. Oh, and he seems a mite leery of Old Mad Baggins, but that's a Sensible Precaution, if you ask anyone who Has Sense.
All of which is to say, if you want some real dancing music, folks say, you should go down to the Bird and Baby between five to eight, and if you buy him a drink, Old Mack is quite happy to have a chat. He does requests too, if you ask nicely.