Mackerel snapper topic Mackerel snapper  was once a sectarian slur for Roman Catholics , originating in the United States in the 1850s. It referred to the Catholic discipline of Friday abstinence from red meat and poultry, for which fish was substituted.
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Thorin and Company were the group of thirteen dwarves, a Wizard (Gandalf), and a hobbit (Bilbo Baggins), led by Thorin Oakenshield. Their main purpose was to regain the lost Dwarven kingdom of the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) from the Dragon Smaug.