{"id":4083,"date":"2017-10-14T22:15:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T21:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2017-10-14T22:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T21:15:21","slug":"still-running-the-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/still-running-the-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Running the Still"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4084\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/still-running-the-still\/police-with-a-siezed-still-in-inisowen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Police-with-a-siezed-still-in-Inisowen.jpg\" alt=\"Police with a siezed still in Inisowen - dad and Willie Carty used to run one in sheds while leaving a ribbish worm and paraphanalia in a field to be &quot;found&quot; by customs men, and a few bottles for themselves to keep them quiet!\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Police-with-a-siezed-still-in-Inisowen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Police-with-a-siezed-still-in-Inisowen-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Police-with-a-siezed-still-in-Inisowen-332x240.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police with a siezed still in Inisowen &#8211; dad and Willie Carty used to run one in sheds while leaving a ribbish worm and paraphanalia in a field to be &#8220;found&#8221; by customs men, and a few bottles for themselves to keep them quiet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still in the shed, and a worm in the field<br \/>\nThe guards are out looking for the still<br \/>\nBut the word went out before they went about<br \/>\nLooking for what has been distilled and always will<br \/>\nWhile the rain falls on old Ireland<br \/>\nWhere we always have made and drank Put\u00edn&#8230;<br \/>\nThe only and oldest kingdom of Europe<br \/>\nWhere we need neither king or Queen!<\/p>\n<p>The worm is found where left on the ground<br \/>\nAnd the few bottles to keep cops quiet in the hedge<br \/>\nHedging their bets, they are distilling yet<br \/>\nToasting the once taken pledge!<br \/>\nThe stories told when he was old<br \/>\nBy my father to me when I was young&#8230;<br \/>\nWere recalled and to others in Renmore retold&#8230;<br \/>\nWhen I first tasted Poiteen on the tongue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still in the shed, and a worm in the field The guards are out looking for the still But the word went out before they went about Looking for what has been distilled and always will While the rain falls on old Ireland Where we always have made and drank &#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":[23],"tags":[3945,913,3947,3944,3948,2342,3946,3949,1270,3950,3942,3943,2985],"class_list":["post-4083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-longford","tag-customs-men","tag-garda","tag-illegal","tag-illegal-still","tag-moonshine","tag-north-longford","tag-police","tag-potcheen","tag-poteen","tag-potheen","tag-potin","tag-still","tag-willie-carty","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-13R","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2876,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/ghost-at-the-gate-at-willie-cartys\/","url_meta":{"origin":4083,"position":0},"title":"Ghost at the Gate at Willie Carty&#8217;s","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"23rd June 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a story I heard as a child about a gate at Willie Cartys in Aughagreagh. 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