{"id":4327,"date":"2018-03-17T14:41:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2018-03-17T14:41:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:41:30","slug":"feck-the-begrudgers-this-saint-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/feck-the-begrudgers-this-saint-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Feck the Begrudgers this Saint Patricks Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Saint Patrick or St Patty
\nWhich is real, which is plastic?
\nThe row goes on, no solution to be found
\nThe situation is rather drastic…<\/p>\n

Those not from Ireland are not Irish
\nTo their horror some from Ireland they say…
\nNow we are racist against out own…
\nIn the run up to Patricks Day!!!<\/p>\n

All those of Irish extraction are Irish
\nIf they want to be…
\nIt matters not if you ever stood here…
\nYou are still as Irish as me…<\/p>\n

Some don’t like using the word Paddy
\nAs it has negative meanings where you are from
\nFeel free to use Patty, or even Paukie…
\nI hope some time to Ireland you get to come…<\/p>\n

Never mind the begrudgers and the blackguards,
\nAs to the Bould Packie we raise a toast…
\nTo many Irish born here hate their homeland,
\nThose born elsewhere love Ireland more than most!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saint Patrick or St Patty Which is real, which is plastic? The row goes on, no solution to be found The situation is rather drastic… Those not from Ireland are not Irish To their horror some from Ireland they say… Now we are racist against out own… In the run …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2967,1213,54],"tags":[1008,4115,4116,2717],"class_list":["post-4327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-emigration-ireland","category-ireland","tag-irish-heritage-2","tag-st-patrick","tag-st-pattys-day","tag-st-patricks-day","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-17N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3606,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/they-are-dancing-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":4327,"position":0},"title":"They Are Dancing Tonight","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"12th March 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l5F4waoLT84?t=112 They are dancing tonight, the fine women Loud is the music, beyond thinking They are out upon the mountain Vodka, by the bottle, drinking! 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