Cassocks and cossacks

A chara, – Tanya Sweeney's question ("Wacky workouts", Health + Family, January 2nd) as to whether the Pope wears a cossack is, I think, a steppe too far. – Yours, etc,

GERRY LAWLESS,

Ballinasloe,

Co Galway.

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Sir, – Tanya Sweeney, in reviewing the practise of “beer yoga” asks, when questioning whether it would work in Ireland, “Does the Pope wear a cossack?” Let’s hope the man doesn’t, for the sake of his back at least. – Yours, etc,

PAUL NOLAN

Blackrock,

Co Dublin.