The watchers over Our Lord's tomb found it very hard to pass away the long night. They had just started to "doze" 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 in the pipe and began to smoke it. From that on pipes and tobacco are always given at wakes.
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One cold sleety Winter's day Our Lord was travelling in a very bare country where there was neither hedge nor fence. A very big shower of sleet began to fall and the only place "He" would go for shelter was to a flock of goats. These goats ran away and would not
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