> Bamfurlong was a farm in the boggy region of the Marish in the eastern Shire. It was the home of Farmer Maggot > Tolkien says that the name "Maggot" was a Ho

> Bamfurlong was a farm in the boggy region of the Marish in the eastern Shire. It was the home of Farmer Maggot > Tolkien says that the name "Maggot" was a Hobbitish name whose meaning has been lost in history. Maggot should not be understood as the English word maggot or larva. The similarity is coincidental. Another frankly incomprehensible example. "This guy's name was Maggot. Readers will probably mistakenly assume that's an artistic choice, but unfortunately that's his name and I, as the author, have no agency to change that"