Show Antiquity or Smoking In the mortar of the tower of Kirk stall abbey which fell in the year 1779 Whittaker mentions that several little smoking pipes were found showing that tho smoking of some herb or other was in use in England 400 years before tobacco was introduced Dr Petrio I mentions that pipes of bronze for smoking smok-ing are often found in ancient Irish tumuli tu-muli In the monument of Donough OBrien king of Thomond who was killed A D 1627 and interred in the abbey of Corcumrae County Clare he is represented with a short pipe or dudeen du-deen in his mouth It may be observed that in some very ancient coal workings which were found under Lambton castle some 30 years ago some of these very old smoking smok-ing pipes were found and a generation or two ago not far from Lambton very poor old folks might often be seen smoking smok-ing the common white flowered yarrow a herb frequently found in country churchyards Newcastle Chronicle |