{"id":3443,"date":"2017-01-01T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2017-01-01T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:44:28","slug":"let-death-not-sneak-in-our-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/let-death-not-sneak-in-our-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Death Not Sneak In Our Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Parlour in old Lislea – always kept for the important visitors as per Irish tradition…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the days gone by during the War
\nOn the family farm in old Lislea
\nMy mother but a child she was
\nThe family set down to pray
\nAs families did in those times
\nTo give thanks for the little that they had
\nThough times were tough to have little was enough
\nTo have enough they were truly glad.<\/p>\n

The prayers they had were simple
\nSome had wording in prayerbook set
\nMore were by tradition lost
\nSome somewhere know them yet.
\nThey prayer she spoke of I remember
\nThat death do not sneak by surprise in the door
\nShe thought herself a quick death would be merciful
\nBut that was not the thinking before.<\/p>\n

Their fathers case, the prayer was not answered:
\nThough it was had they understood the signs
\nA heart waking gives plenty warning
\nThat these are precious times.
\nIn others, and hers, they had their time
\nAs all did to understand:
\nThat the leaving hour was near at hand
\nBy nature and Gods command.<\/p>\n

A simple faith of a simple folk
\nWho eked a living there
\nIn the unforgiving fields of North Longford
\nEach evening submitted together to prayer.
\nIts a humbleness lost in our day
\nIt matters not the clergy’s hypocrisy and sin
\nThe church it is the ordinary folk
\nOur faith is in our hearts, within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the days gone by during the War On the family farm in old Lislea My mother but a child she was The family set down to pray As families did in those times To give thanks for the little that they had Though times were tough to have little …<\/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":[22,23],"tags":[115,1630,2354,3410,3407,42,2342,3408,527,3412,3409,3411],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-stories","category-north-longford","tag-ballinalee","tag-catholic","tag-death","tag-irish-tradition","tag-lislea","tag-longford","tag-north-longford","tag-people","tag-prayer","tag-prayers-for-death","tag-remeberanace","tag-roman-catholic","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Tx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5026,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/memories-of-grandmother-at-drumnahara\/","url_meta":{"origin":3443,"position":0},"title":"Memories of Grandmother at Drumnahara","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th August 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The shaking hands that set the plate Of ice cream and jelly that vibrate With an old woman's smile under curled hair I remember the jelly, wobbling there. 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