Bookmarks folder disappeared

There is an archived thread with this topic, but since it's archived I couldn't reply - I'll just start a new topic. Last night while surfing I went to click on a certain link, and found that one of my folders on my Bookmarks Bar had disappeared. I couldn't find it anywhere, Spotlight couldn't see it or anything, it was totally gone.
I searched around on the message boards here and found one reference to something similar. One person said that you can drag a folder off the bookmark bar by accident, but a reply stated that you had to hold ctrl down to do so. The first person again said no, you can just drag it off.
Through some playing around I find that you can indeed drag a folder off the bookmark bar without holding down ctrl, but you have to do it fast - click and drag the folder as quick as you can. However, once you drag it off the bookmark bar you are prompted to see if you want to delete the folder.
Now I may have accidentally dragged the folder off the bar and not known it, but I never got a prompt for a delete, so I don't really know what happened. I only got the MacBook this month, and the folder only had a dozen bookmarks in it so it is not the end of the world, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
Reading other 'disappearing bookmarks' questions here makes me realize I should back up my bookmarks file as well, heh.

Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible:
*Firefox > Options
*"View > Toolbars"
Open the Customize window to set which toolbar items to display:
*View > Toolbars > Customize
*Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout
*Check that the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
*If the "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the toolbar palette in the customize window to the Bookmarks Toolbar
*If missing items are in the toolbar palette then drag them back from the Customize window on the toolbar
*If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/How+to+customize+the+toolbar
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Back+and+forward+or+other+toolbar+items+are+missing

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