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How much of a paraphrase is that, Grim One?

Possibly The Shire, pre TA 1601, SR 1?

The land was rich and kindly, and though it had long been deserted when they entered it, it had before been well tilled, and there the king had once had many farms, cornlands, vineyards, and woods.
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FotR, Prologue, 1. Concerning Hobbits.
 
Ah, but I think you can find a quote that's much closer, your super-moderatorship, sir! ;)
 
*returns to cogitation and perusal, often at the same time*...:p
 
Next day they went on into northern Dunland, where no men now dwelt, though it was a green and pleasant country.
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Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, Ch. 6 Many Partings.
 
'Tis indeed, Marky. A green and pleasant bell to you (I suspect the Dunlandish alternative would be rather crude!), and yours is the floor.....
 
Surely not the dragon type?

At last Dáin I, together with Frór his second son, was slain at the door of his hall by a great cold-drake.
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The Return of the King, Appendix A-III, Durin's Folk, p. 1046
 
Not sure about "animal" but here's my guess: the barrow-wight.

Then a grip stronger and colder than iron seized him. the icy touch froze his bones, and he remembered no more.
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LOTR Book 1, Ch8, "Fog on the Barrow Downs"

By my calculations, for the wight's touch to have frozen Frodo's bones would require it to have been at no more than -165 degrees C.
 
I don't think a barrow-wight is an animal...

I thought I posted an easy question. I'm looking at Mr. Pyan because I'm sure he knows this one. Or tomorrow I'll give a hint.
 
Well, that hint simply confirmed that my thoughts and efforts were a complete waste of time. Talk about a goose trail, thinking about that last unfortunate king of the north who went down with all hands in the Ice Bay of Furochel. Thought there might be something there, but nothing. And there surely were not any trees.
 
You people have to guess it today, because for the next week I'm in England!

So, next hint: list.
 
Hound is hungry, hare is fearful
Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture
Hart horn-crowned, hawk is swiftest
Swan the whitest, serpent coldest.
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Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Chapter 4 'Treebeard'

So the answer, according to the Ent's Lore of Living Creatures, is serpent.
 
Edit - nothing to see here, I answered the question without realising there was another page of replies!!
 
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