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Hmmm, well-spotted!:
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Mar 28 2009, 5:43pm
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Theoretically, I could see pop-guns going back a long way, and being related to blow-dart guns. They wouldn't necessarily have to be copies of firearms. As toys (in the context of the story) they might have evolved from slide-whistles. I did a quick google search and came up with this description of a home-made toy. It's fairly modern, dating from about a hundred years ago, but technologically it could go way back: link Interesting question! Edit: This page puts it as least as far back as the 1700s. I would think if the dwarves made magical toys, popguns might come up in their repertoir, even if they weren't toy firearms. After all, fireworks predate firearms too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on Mar 28 2009, 5:53pm)
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