What I like about this riddle is that it's relatively easy to hit any three of the verses, but very tricky to meet all four.
It's not the Black Riders in the Shire, is it? Verse 2 is the tricky one there, and:
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Originally Posted by FotR: A Knife in the Dark
Outside the gate they stopped, and three black figures entered, like shades of night creeping across the ground. One went to the door, one to the corner of the house on either side; and there they stood, as still as the shadows of stones, while night went slowly on.
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And they
are Big Folk.
EDIT: "We're not what they first thought" - the Bucklanders thought it could be 'some strange invasion from the Old Forest'. "A garb shall be our mark" - they drop a Hobbit cloak while riding away. (Which shows them to be a lot subtler than Jackson would have it...)
hS