{"id":1881,"date":"2015-06-13T07:53:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T07:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2015-06-13T07:53:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T07:53:34","slug":"honest-hands-build-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/honest-hands-build-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Honest Hands Build True"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Old
Old Cottage in Oranmore – built with peasent hands, with no engineers, its was build true: and stands where many houses designed and built by engineers has fallen…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honest hands build walls true:
\nWork plain for all to see –
\nStands the test of time,
\nPassed by walkers like me<\/p>\n

Stones on ground, set into the earth
\nWalls of mud moulded by hands built high
\nStand where many concrete walls have bit the dust
\nHonest hands being the reason why.<\/p>\n

As these walls have stood let your actions be
\nThey build your name – let it be true
\nLet your memory be as these walls stand today
\nStrong, proud, beautiful, as if new!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honest hands build walls true: Work plain for all to see – Stands the test of time, Passed by walkers like me Stones on ground, set into the earth Walls of mud moulded by hands built high Stand where many concrete walls have bit the dust Honest hands being the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651,54,446,90],"tags":[2031,2057,2052,2053,2051,391,2056,2345,2055,2050,2054],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gander-around-galway","category-ireland","category-moral","category-walking-verses","tag-lesserknownireland","tag-building","tag-cob-wall","tag-cob-wall-cottrage","tag-cottage","tag-galway","tag-house","tag-ireland","tag-mud-walled-cottage","tag-oranmore","tag-peasent","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ul","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2398,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/white-sails-on-the-claddagh\/","url_meta":{"origin":1881,"position":0},"title":"White Sails on the Claddagh","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"3rd November 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"White sails on the Claddagh Sail out neath grey skies Red sails of the Hookers Fished there in days gone by White cottages, since knocked Once proud there did stand Neither English or Irish They told each armies Command. 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