{"id":2737,"date":"2015-06-26T08:39:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T08:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2016-05-15T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T09:01:26","slug":"jolly-freemasons-clarifications-of-confusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/jolly-freemasons-clarifications-of-confusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Jolly Freemasons Clarifications of Confusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A humerus explanation of masonry, of which I am a member, which in typical Carty fashion causes more confusion than clarification!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is no manual handling
\nWe bear no safe pass for any to see
\nWere honest men not speculators
\nThough speculative masons we be!<\/p>\n

We get no dirt on our aprons
\nThough the temple we rebuild
\nWe have no planning permission
\nWe have no Trade Union, Combination or Guild!<\/p>\n

We wear no hard hats on the site
\nSteel toe caps not required
\nSure they wore open toe sandles on the Temple site
\nBy which our Lodges are inspired!<\/p>\n

Were not secretive but a society with secrets
\nAnd if you think that is absurd
\nFor a society with secrets you see
\nMum – it is NOT the Word!<\/p>\n

My interest in the life and writings of Robert Burns – which I was introduced to by my mothers pack of Sweet Afton<\/a><\/strong> cigarettes – led me to an intrest in Freemasonry of which Burns was a prominent member in Ayr, Kilmarnock and Kilwinning. In due time I joined the local lodge in Tullamore<\/a><\/strong>, of which I was WM for a term.<\/p>\n

So… beware the hidden dangers of cigarettes, they may lead to you writing poetry and joining in the masons!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Lodge room in Tullamore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glossary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guild<\/em> – it is said that the masons in their modern form evolved from the Guilds of old.
\nCombination<\/em> – a forerunner of the Trade Union movement
\nSpeculative masons<\/em> – the masons are based around stories of building, but are not in actual masonry so are said to be in “speculative” which in its now archaic form meant “imitation of”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A humerus explanation of masonry, of which I am a member, which in typical Carty fashion causes more confusion than clarification! There is no manual handling We bear no safe pass for any to see Were honest men not speculators Though speculative masons we be! We get no dirt on …<\/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":[45,89],"tags":[2210,2840,1917,581,623,2358],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freemasonry","category-funny-poems","tag-freemasonry","tag-lodge","tag-masonic","tag-offaly-freemasons","tag-robert-burns","tag-tullamore","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-I9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1761,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/toast-to-parting-brethern\/","url_meta":{"origin":2737,"position":0},"title":"Toast to Parting Brethern","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Brothers all, children under God Who sees all that is there, Makes all and likes all level Likes all and keeps all square. 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