More Masonic history involving pipes records the smoking of coltsfoot.
Two hundred years ago, there was a Freemason who proved to be vital to the success of the new United Grand Lodge of England. A book I’ve come across says Peter Gilkes “was a great smoker, and averaged thirty pipes of tobacco and coltsfoot daily.”
“When quite blackened by use,” it continues, “it was his habit to present the pipes, for which he had no further occasion, to his favorite pupils, by whom, it is said, they were much prized.”
A Google search yields a lot on coltsfoot, an herb with medicinal benefits that can be smoked or taken as a tea.
Any herbalists out there with firsthand experience?
Jay
Two hundred years ago, there was a Freemason who proved to be vital to the success of the new United Grand Lodge of England. A book I’ve come across says Peter Gilkes “was a great smoker, and averaged thirty pipes of tobacco and coltsfoot daily.”
“When quite blackened by use,” it continues, “it was his habit to present the pipes, for which he had no further occasion, to his favorite pupils, by whom, it is said, they were much prized.”
A Google search yields a lot on coltsfoot, an herb with medicinal benefits that can be smoked or taken as a tea.
Any herbalists out there with firsthand experience?
Jay
