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Birdland · 05-30-2002, 10:43 AM

Littlemanpoet! I'm shocked! I thought you knew your Tolkien better than that! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Of course, it is an obscure part of the book. The Neekerbreekers were the "evil relatives of the cricket" whose cry of neek-breek neek-breek drove everyone to distraction when the camped in the Midgewater Marshes. It was Sam, of course, who called them Neekerbreekers.

I thought it was a good metaphor for my usual contribution to the Downs. "There goes Birdie, Neek-Breekin' again."

05-30-2002, 10:43 AM	#10
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Littlemanpoet! I'm shocked! I thought you knew your Tolkien better than that! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Of course, it is an obscure part of the book. The Neekerbreekers were the "evil relatives of the cricket" whose cry of neek-breek neek-breek drove everyone to distraction when the camped in the Midgewater Marshes. It was Sam, of course, who called them Neekerbreekers. I thought it was a good metaphor for my usual contribution to the Downs. "There goes Birdie, Neek-Breekin' again."