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Madam –Now that the Pope has tried to dampen our Christmas spirits by telling us that were no animals at the Bethlehem manger, will he now reveal how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
K Nolan,
Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim
Hark, the angels dancing on pin
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