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Radio Ulster,5 mins

SeriesSeries 17

Rab Wilson: To Tobacco

A Kist o Wurds

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Rab Wilson reads 'To Tobacco', a fine poem by William Nicholson, the Bard of Galloway, showing this 'chauncy docken' was thought dangerous to both health and purse even 150 years ago. (Broadcast:7th June 2008)

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