School: Béal Átha na Muice (roll number 14862)
- Location:
- Swinford, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Dominick Caron
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- The Origin of Tobacco at Wakes
The watchers of Our Lord's tomb found it very hard to pass away the long night. They had just started to fall asleep when they noticed a plant that was not there in the beginning of the night. Beside the plant was a pipe. One of them plucked the plant and put it into the pipe and began to smoke it.
From that on pipes and tobacco were always given at wakes.
- One cold sleety Winter's day Our Lord was travelling in a very poor country where there was neither hedge nor fence. A very big shower of sleet began to fall and the only place he could go(continues on next page)
