Question about Irish Culture, Bono's intervention

Sharon Winsatt ([email protected])
Fri, 04 Dec 1998 06:10:29 PST

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Since someone has brought up the topic of the way things are in Ireland
there is something I would like to ask those of you 'in the know'...I
read in the book 'Angela's ashes' by Frank McCourt (who grew up in dire
poverty in Limerick..he was an American btw..but you have to read the
book to learn how that happened) anyway he said that when a boy reached
a certain age his father or some other man in the family would take a
boy to the locale pub for his 'first pint'...I realize this story took
place a long time ago and customs change but is this true??? Was it a
locale custom or something they used to do?? Don't flame me for being
merely curious and I would think people who know me would tell you I'm
commenting on the rightness of wrongness of it...and it may have just
been a family thing for all I know.

As far as intervening on Bono's behalf...I would rather we try and get
him to stop smoking because I very selfishly want to perserve that
beautiful voice for as long as possible...and I do care about him...of
course :)

Sharon W.

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