{"id":294,"date":"2013-02-09T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=294"},"modified":"2014-08-31T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T09:12:42","slug":"the-walking-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-walking-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walking People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Walking People&quot; - The Irish Travellers\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SI99QscZxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In times past they were craftsmen skilled<br \/>\nBut today they have no skill<br \/>\nThat has a value in the modern world<br \/>\nAs they head for the next hill<br \/>\nFor over it is the wide world beyond<br \/>\nA road they travel until<br \/>\nDeath in his time comes traveling<br \/>\nThe road that they have long trod<br \/>\nAnd an angel says to them they can<br \/>\nCamp forever beside God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In times past they were craftsmen skilled But today they have no skill That has a value in the modern world As they head for the next hill For over it is the wide world beyond A road they travel until Death in his time comes traveling The road that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[485,484,56,449,6],"tags":[486,60,2362,487],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-following-the-patrin","category-irish-travellers","category-racism-in-ireland","category-tales-of-the-romany","category-video-poetry","tag-camping","tag-gypsy","tag-irish-travellers","tag-pavee","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-4K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1893,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/hatred-in-the-heart-of-olde-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":294,"position":0},"title":"Hatred in the Heart of Olde England","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qj5NPWGEiC4 Once again Dale Farm is in the news, where Irish Travellers implemented a plan by John Major, ex Tory PM of the UK, to objections by locals. 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