{"id":3322,"date":"2006-12-05T06:02:22","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T06:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2016-12-05T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T06:23:14","slug":"snakes-all-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snakes-all-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Snakes All Around Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers of these pages from Ireland will be familiar with Fr Brian D’Arcy’s “”A Little Bit of Religion”” column in the Sunday Word, an Irish Sunday newspaper.<\/p>\n

In the October 1 2006 edition, Fr Brian quotes a tale told by Native American actor Iron Eyes Cody. <\/p>\n

While he tells it to warn of the dangers of drink and drugs, I feel it can equally apply for those who go into personal or business relationships that are dodgy from the start with their eyes open. <\/p>\n

In summary, be wary of all who offer false promises be aware of the reality behind them. Its told as a story here >>><\/a><\/u><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Native<\/a>
Native American Brave. Image from Google – source unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n Each native youth on reaching age,
\nBefore declaring himself a man,
\nGoes in solitude like Christ himself,
\nTo prepare for life as best he can.
\nOne native youth a mountain he saw,
\nDecided to climb it as a test,
\nAnd upon reaching its summit cold,
\nCongratulated himself fro his conquest.<\/p>\n

And then… a rattlesnake he saw,
\nBacked away he did with a start,
\nThough aged it was… and stiff with cold,
\nAnd looked to have faint heart.
\nIt looked as it was nearing its dying days,
\nNo, rather was in its dying throes,
\nAnd to the boy, the snake it spoke…
\nOr so the story goes.<\/p>\n

Aye, the same as to Eve in Eden,
\nWho was to by a serpent spoken
\nThe apple to eat was tempted,
\nAnd so the promise to God was broken.
\nThis rattlesnake spoke to the boy,
\nAnd with its roguish charm,
\nPleaded to be brought down the mountain,
\nAnd it would do him no harm.<\/p>\n

After stalling for a while,
\nSo the story’s told,
\nThe boy, or good heart or bad sense,
\nLifted the snake from the ground cold.
\nAnd so safe the rattlesnakes life,
\nOr try to at least he might,
\nAnd in return he’d save his own
\nAs the rattler promised not to bite.<\/p>\n

And descending down the mountain,
\nSnake wrapped in warm buffalo hide,
\nOf the shirt that up the mountain he had worn
\nThe snake slept soundly inside,
\nAnd at the floor of the mountain tall,
\nThe boy set the rattle snake free,
\nUpon touching the ground it rattled and hissed,
\nRose… to strike the boy on the knee.<\/p>\n

But you promised you wouldn’t pleaded the boy,
\nAs to the ground in pain he fell,
\n“”You knew what I was when you picked me up””
\nThe snake to him did tell.
\nSo should you meet a snake in the snow,
\nOr in the lushest of grass,
\nBelieve not the promises they speak,
\nBack off! And by them pass…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Readers of these pages from Ireland will be familiar with Fr Brian D’Arcy’s “”A Little Bit of Religion”” column in the Sunday Word, an Irish Sunday newspaper. In the October 1 2006 edition, Fr Brian quotes a tale told by Native American actor Iron Eyes Cody. While he tells it …<\/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":[446,745,749],"tags":[3324,3332,3327,3325,3331,3330,3333,3322,3328,3323,3329,3326],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","category-native-american-tales","category-whisper-n-thunder","tag-a-little-bit-of-religion","tag-a-snake-is-always-a-snake","tag-coming-of-age-ritual","tag-eagle-eye-cody","tag-false-promises","tag-manhood-test","tag-moral-tale","tag-native-american-tales","tag-retreat","tag-sunday-world","tag-test","tag-the-snake-and-the-warrior","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-RA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":506,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/snakes-all-around-us-the-legend-retold\/","url_meta":{"origin":3322,"position":0},"title":"Snakes All Around Us – The Legend Retold","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"6th September 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Author's Note: In the October 1, 2006 edition of Sunday Word, an Irish Sunday newspaper, Fr. 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