User:Giles

Hi. I'm now Giles. (I was Butterbur).

29 March 2021: I spent about three months away from Stardew Valley entirely, due to pressing personal affairs, and upon returning, found a new wiki in place, and my old account in need of re-activating. That's ok. I just decided a fresh start might be called for, as I have yet to run v1.5. My old username does not suit me any more, and I found a better one. "Giles" relates to a minor, relatively unknown story of J.R.R. Tolkien that lies outside the Middle Earth conception, yet is a fanciful tale of olden times. It is called "Farmer Giles of Ham", and it just seemed fitting for the fresh approach I intend to take with Stardew.

The Tolkien story was first published in Britain in 1949, the U.S. in 1969, which should put it in the public domain now. It may be difficult to find today if you want to read it, but I wish you luck with that, for it is very entertaining if you like its sort of thing.

Short (slightly condensed) excerpts, to give you the tie-in:

• Aegidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo was a man who lived in the midmost parts of the island of Britain. People were richly endowed with names in those days, now long ago. There was more time then, and folk were fewer, so that most were distinguished. However, those days are now over, so I will give the man his name shortly: he was Farmer Giles of Ham, and he had a red beard. Ham was only a village, but villages were proud and independent still in those days.
• Farmer Giles had a dog. The dog's name was Garm. Dogs had to be content with short names in the vernacular: the Book-latin was reserved for their betters. Garm could not talk even dog-latin; but he could use the vulgar tongue either to bully or to brag or to wheedle in. Bullying was for beggars and trespassers, bragging for other dogs, and wheedling for his master.