{"id":2322,"date":"2015-09-30T21:27:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2015-09-30T21:27:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:27:36","slug":"red-path-of-the-stag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/red-path-of-the-stag\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Path of the Stag"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The story of why the Stag motif is on clans of the Eoghanacht family arms… a rather gorey practice from pagan times to mark new land…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Set free, running free, blood flowing, fleeing fast in fright
\nWild eyed, pursued, the stag takes to flight
\nThe tribesmen of the Eoghanacht in hunt they pursue
\nTo mark out the boundaries of land according to traditions they knew
\nHe who slays the stag with the move of his hand
\nHe shall be king of this blood marked land
\nShed in the chase by the wounded stag
\nOf whom and of whose killing the chieftains shall brag
\nTheir issue the stag in their arms they will bear
\nThe world shall know that once, a lone stag died there.<\/p>\n

\"Wounded<\/a>
Wounded Stag – Rosa Bonheur – Buy this image >>><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Set free, running free, blood flowing, fleeing fast in fright Wild eyed, pursued, the stag takes to flight The tribesmen of the Eoghanacht in hunt they pursue To mark out the boundaries of land according to traditions they knew He who slays the stag with the move of his hand …<\/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":[256,168,169],"tags":[2445,2441,2442,2444,2443],"class_list":["post-2322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","tag-clans-of-ireland","tag-eoghanact","tag-mac-carthy","tag-mac-carthy-mor","tag-mac-carthy-reagh","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Bs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2586,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/stalking-the-white-deer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2322,"position":0},"title":"Stalking the White Deer","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bright Moon, she for her lover waits From the Hunt to her to return But he has not come with the skin promised In anguish her heart does burn He set to seek and hunt the Albino deer A wedding dress for Bright Moon to make The bride price set\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Folklore and Legend"","block_context":{"text":"Folklore and Legend","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/folklore-and-legend\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The stag is a symbol of endurance and strenght in a lot of cultures. 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