A smart word for everyone
\nAnd for strangers a disparaging look
\nHe sits making himself heard to all
\nWith a skit, hes known as the nyeuck.
\nBut little has he to offer
\nBar the skit and the laugh
\nTruth is maybe he fells not complete
\nThat of all others he is only half.
\nSo give him a nod and send him a smile
\nGo on, you know that you should
\nMake him fell better when he makes others feel bad
\nIts the Christian thing to do… it is good!<\/p>\n
* Nyeuck – Hiberno-English and Ulster Scots word for s sniggerer, imitating a stifled laugh, in a similar style as the word Quack describes the noise of a duck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A smart word for everyone And for strangers a disparaging look He sits making himself heard to all With a skit, hes known as the nyeuck. But little has he to offer Bar the skit and the laugh Truth is maybe he fells not complete That of all others he …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1293],"tags":[1294,1295],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stinging-fly-spat","tag-nyeuck","tag-writers-spat","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ir","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2749,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-buck-the-nyeuck\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":0},"title":"The Buck , The Nyeuck","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st May 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently a friend from the Blackwater Poets was diagnosed with Cancer, which we rarely refer to by name, preferring euphemisms such as \"the buck, or \"the big C\". This verse is dedicated to Gene and all cancer sufferers. The buck, the nyeuck, has run amuck Appearing everywhere uninvited Looking smug,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Life"","block_context":{"text":"Life","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icon in St. Nicholas Church in Galway","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Icon-in-St.-Nicholas-Church-in-Galway-222x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1381,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/je-suis-ahmed-charlie-moi\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":1},"title":"Je Suis Ahmed, Charlie, Moi","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th January 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The tragic shooting in France does not make all Moslems evil no more than a UVF shooting or the antics of the Orange Order makes all Protestants evil. Those who say it does are the extremists. Why just refuse to mock each others religions? A little respect goes a long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Civil Rights"","block_context":{"text":"Civil Rights","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/civil-rights\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"10931607_10204978383273801_1049253768143141_o","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10931607_10204978383273801_1049253768143141_o-168x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3374,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/in-a-land-without-leaders\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":2},"title":"In a Land Without Leaders","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th July 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In a land without leaders, the people must stand, Stand for what their forefathers fight for, the rights of the land, Simple folk, not of great education, by no means a fool, Too long living life to remember lessons from school Of long dead hero whose time is long past\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Austerity"","block_context":{"text":"Austerity","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/austerity\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tom Darcy - should leanr his history better, but at least they made a stand, unlike those who make a skit of him.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tom-Darcy-300x106.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4980,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-best-room\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":3},"title":"The Best Room","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th May 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Some Irish hate our past. One who shall not be named has made his latest Quixotic attack: it is on the old Irish concept of the \"upper room\" or the parlour, reserved for formal functions. A part of our heritage, the dining room has replaced it in use and concept.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ireland"","block_context":{"text":"Ireland","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The parlour in the Donohoe house in Lislea: by mothers father, brother and mother, outside Ballinalee.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lislea.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lislea.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lislea.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.celtichosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lislea.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":167,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-wrecking-of-ballinamuck\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":4},"title":"The Wrecking of Ballinamuck","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the years before the Famine, Greedy Lord Lorton, God damn the nyeuck* For the love of money and hatred of man Cleared the town of Ballinamuck... Levelled, all bar six houses and church left standing The latter only after a fight, To the cold, the young and old, Had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "North Longford"","block_context":{"text":"North Longford","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/north-longford\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Village of Ballinamuck in Longford, the chapels spire can be seen which stands on the site of the mud walled church that was saved from the wrecking crew.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Village-of-Ballinamuck.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Village-of-Ballinamuck.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Village-of-Ballinamuck.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Village-of-Ballinamuck.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/The-Village-of-Ballinamuck.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1395,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/why-cheap-laughs-come-at-a-cost\/","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":5},"title":"Why Cheap Laughs Come at a Cost","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th January 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Much is made of the controversy over the Muhammad cartoons. I remember the issue when it first broke in Denmark, and thought to myself it funny, but yet wrong. The fanaticism that opposes the drawings is wrong too, but if we dont insult, they wont react. It does not excuse\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icon from Serbian Orthodox of Our Lady. From Vrsac in Serbia.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_177031898791828-169x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}