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I doubt the Hobbits were even aware of the Long Marshes. The legend was most likely referring to the Gladden Fields (where Hobbits are known to have dwelled), in which case they could very well be some sort of Misty Mountains goblin that they somehow differentiated from the goblins that attacked the Shire, when golf was invented. Of course, this is just my speculation.