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from Carlisle, U.K
They moved the Canary Islands to the north-west of England?
Rhuby! When did this happen?
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Turns out my dad (step-father, technically, but the only dad I've ever known) is the chief of his clan. I'm the only one among four brothers who doesn't get into the indian stuff. Nevertheless when I went home during the xmas holiday, I stood/sat in a rough circle with everyone else and passed the pipe. It's a kind of communion with the earth and your buds.
As I'm not a smoker, it didn't do all that much for me, but my dad was pretty emotional that he was sharing the pipe for the first time with his oldest son. (Like I said - I'm just not into it.)
BTW, they don't call it a "peace pipe" amongst themselves as "them's white men's words," but just "the pipe." It's tobacco, but I guess I thought they added something to it - some kinda herbs or something. They have a regular pipe they use among the family, but a special one they use for the clan occasions. My brother makes really good ones - along with all kinds of native jewelry. He made a necklace for my wife with about $200 worth (I'm guessing) of topaz he'd collected over the years. I was quite shocked at such a gift (so was she).
It's possible - even likely - that different tribes and even different clans within the same tribe would have different customs, but if I remember, next time I talk to my dad, I'll ask him if they use pure tobacco.
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Well, the canaries used to be in the coal mines...but it looks too hot and sunny to be that.
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>they moved the Canary Islands?< yeah, so the lady was from Carlisle and the photo was taken in the Canaries...sheesh! you try to do something nice for the board before you have to leave for awhile and all you get is abuse!  nit'n'tuck...nit'n'tuck...nit'n'tuck...nit'n'tuck...nit'n'tuck...[rolleyes-e]
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Well, you made it sound like the Indian was in Britain. I din't want nobody to go away with no mistaken notion.
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Well, you made it sound like the Indian was in Britain. I din't want nobody to go away with no mistaken notion.
Gee, that was thoughtful of you...thanks for the help. [take-it-any-way-you-want-it e]
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Thank you, Sweet WO'N. I don't think the store's there any more, but the Indian is probably somewhere around. Those things are too valuable to just toss away.
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