User blog comment:Gott wisst/Hypothesis about why B. J. is wrong about J. R. R. Tolkien/@comment-1209332-20090424002155

Leperchauns and Faeries were the first examples of so called little people. Later people developed ideas that were almost Hobbits, but not quite. I have seen the term hobbits not related to Tolkein's works before as well. (In books on Germanic myths)