{"id":4225,"date":"2017-12-23T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2017-12-23T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T09:01:31","slug":"christmas-dream-of-the-banagher-garda-sergeant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/christmas-dream-of-the-banagher-garda-sergeant\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Dream of the Banagher Garda Sergeant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBanagherHorseFair%2Fvideos%2F1684411388287668%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=476\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sergeant dreamt yet another Christmas morning<br \/>\nTo find in the stocking he had hung<br \/>\nIt was another few lumps of coal<br \/>\nSanta in rage into it had flung!<\/p>\n<p>For such a Grinch should get for Christmas<br \/>\nIs was way too goof for him there<br \/>\nWhat heart has a man in uniform<br \/>\nWho would want to stop Banagher Horse Fair?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be jayzyz&#8221;, says the Seargent,<br \/>\nWho of scheming does never tire<br \/>\n&#8220;If I get coal for Christmas&#8230;<br \/>\nSure wont it light the fire!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it didn&#8217;t light, oh no&#8230;<br \/>\nBut the room it filled with smoke&#8230;<br \/>\nThe sergeant ran as fast as he could<br \/>\nStarting to cough and choke.<\/p>\n<p>You should only put in a fire<br \/>\nThe best turf of Clonmoylan Bog<br \/>\nCut by those who defied those who said they cant<br \/>\nFor such turf is clean and creates no smog.<\/p>\n<p>Then the sergeant he awoke and wondered<br \/>\nOf what dreams when sleeping come to your head&#8230;<br \/>\nFeeling guilty he said about the 2018 Banagher Fair&#8230;<br \/>\nHe might go on holiday instead!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4226\" style=\"width: 719px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/christmas-dream-of-the-banagher-garda-sergeant\/the-2017-banagher-horse-fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-fair-is-on-september-16th\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4226\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th.jpg\" alt=\"The 2017 Banagher Horse Fair - going from strenght to strenght - 2018 Fair is on September 16th\" width=\"719\" height=\"717\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th.jpg 719w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-700x698.jpg 700w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-332x331.jpg 332w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-432x432.jpg 432w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-2017-Banagher-Horse-Fair-going-from-strenght-to-strenght-2018-Fair-is-on-September-16th-268x268.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2017 Banagher Horse Fair &#8211; going from strenght to strenght &#8211; 2018 Fair is on September 16th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sergeant dreamt yet another Christmas morning To find in the stocking he had hung It was another few lumps of coal Santa in rage into it had flung! For such a Grinch should get for Christmas Is was way too goof for him there What heart has a man &#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":[439,361],"tags":[2360,718,358,913,918],"class_list":["post-4225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banagher","category-christmas-poetry","tag-banagher","tag-banagher-horse-fair","tag-christmas","tag-garda","tag-offaly","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-169","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2741,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/are-the-fairies-against-the-fair\/","url_meta":{"origin":4225,"position":0},"title":"Are the Fairies Against the Fair?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th May 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The locals they were wondering They were trying to make sense Why the Sergeant wants to stop Banagher Fair Or away in a field it fence... 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