{"id":3186,"date":"2016-09-25T01:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2016-09-25T03:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T02:42:44","slug":"flanagan-and-the-lampost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/flanagan-and-the-lampost\/","title":{"rendered":"Flanagan and the Lampost"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Based on <strong>the story<\/strong> of an unfortunate from Kinnitty who got arrested trying to fight a lampost, got arrested, and told everyone about it! Willie Rimes wouldnt do it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3187\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/flanagan-and-the-lampost\/lampost\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/lampost.jpg\" alt=\"This one was not the lampost Flanagan fought in Kinnity, this one is from Galway... but it possibly of a similar style!\" width=\"158\" height=\"604\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This one was not the lampost Flanagan fought in Kinnity, this one is from Galway&#8230; but it possibly of a similar style!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of all of Irelands drinking men<br \/>\nThere are few like Flanagan of Gap Glen<br \/>\nWho went to market and then home again<br \/>\nAfter drinking a right sup.<\/p>\n<p>He met a lamp post made of wood<br \/>\nHis bad eye he said was no good<br \/>\nHis good eye did not work as it should:<br \/>\nHe mistook the post for some provoking pup!<\/p>\n<p>Flanagan, being a man, was not meek<br \/>\nWould take from no divil any cheek<br \/>\nGot stuck into the fecker &#8211; the words he did speak<br \/>\nTo the Peeler who found him against it asleep.<\/p>\n<p>He went home to his family who for drinking did scold<br \/>\nTo pay the fines, a load of hay had to be sold<br \/>\nThe drink, the demon! Such a story to be told!<br \/>\nSo be warned, let you sober yourself keep!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the story of an unfortunate from Kinnitty who got arrested trying to fight a lampost, got arrested, and told everyone about it! Willie Rimes wouldnt do it! Of all of Irelands drinking men There are few like Flanagan of Gap Glen Who went to market and then home &#8230;<\/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":[89,3166],"tags":[3175,3242,93,3241],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-irish-folklore-commission-poems-inspired-by-records-from","tag-drinking","tag-flanagan","tag-funny-poem","tag-kinnity","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Po","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1824,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ladies-laugh-out-loud-among-a-crowd\/","url_meta":{"origin":3186,"position":0},"title":"Ladies, Laugh Out Loud Among a Crowd","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"30th July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd It is not a sin to\u00c2\u00a0 smile What kind of mind sinful would find The face that does beguile? 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