{"id":3840,"date":"2017-07-21T03:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=3840"},"modified":"2017-07-21T03:20:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T02:20:37","slug":"dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Seek Favours from the Good Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Keeraun<\/a>
Keeraun Hill, near Banagher in Co. Offaly, Ireland, the site of a fairy fort
Photo: Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh (c) 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some folk are brave and more are not
\nTo ask the good folk for what they seek
\nThose spirit folk we called the Sidhe
\nOf whom we refuse to directly speak.
\nThe taboo still exists in theses modern times
\nAmong those who are close to the land
\nLive the air, and the earth, and the rain
\nIn a way city folk cant understand.<\/p>\n

Some ask from a need – but there is a price
\nIt may be worse than the ailment of you complain
\nYou wont know the price till the favour you saught
\nForever in their debt may remain.
\nTricksters, traitors, work for themselves
\nIf you have much sense or worth
\nBear lifes load on your shoulders as is meant to be borne
\nAsk not help from the Fairy Fort!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some folk are brave and more are not To ask the good folk for what they seek Those spirit folk we called the Sidhe Of whom we refuse to directly speak. The taboo still exists in theses modern times Among those who are close to the land Live the air, …<\/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":[3738],"tags":[3745,3741,3744,1218,3746,1866,3742,1747,3743,1733],"class_list":["post-3840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fairies","tag-blood-price","tag-fairies","tag-favours-from-the-good-folk","tag-folklore","tag-irish-clture","tag-irish-folklore","tag-leprechains","tag-superstition","tag-the-sidhe","tag-trickster","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ZW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5232,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3840,"position":0},"title":"Don\u2019t Seek Favour’s from the Good Folk","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"13th December 1923","format":false,"excerpt":"Be aware of the risks of getting a favour from the good folk...","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"According to lore, a ring of mushrooms mark the spot where the faries have danced in the cover of the fog, in Irish folk stories.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fairy-Mushroom-ring.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2476,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/restless-sidhe-of-keeraun-hill\/","url_meta":{"origin":3840,"position":1},"title":"Restless S\u00eddhe of Keeraun Hill","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"2nd January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Keeraun Hill is a fairy fort, or ring fort, or Danish fort, call it what you will outside Banagher in County Offaly in Ireland. 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