{"id":4532,"date":"2019-05-28T20:33:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2019-05-28T20:33:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:33:05","slug":"last-of-the-faithful-at-st-augustines-holy-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/last-of-the-faithful-at-st-augustines-holy-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Last of the Faithful at St Augustine’s Holy Well"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"St<\/a>
St Augustines Holy Well in Galway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The morning sun, warm, shone
\nThe tide was out – the water low
\nCross and well well above the water
\nTo where worshippers came long ago
\nBut history now…<\/p>\n

Yet – wait, who are they, the man and woman there,
\nLeading a toddler down the steps as I walk by
\nShe carries a coughing baby and they carefully descend
\nOblivios to passers such as I…<\/p>\n

The mother, carefully, as mothers do
\nDips her hand in the well
\nDaubs it on the baby in tradition not lost
\nOn its face or mouth as far as I could tell<\/p>\n

As I walked past the last of the faithful
\nWho to the Holy Well came for a cure
\nStrong in their faith to spite their troubles…
\nThe faith in them far from dead, of that I am sure.<\/p>\n

Background<\/b> – St Augustines is a holy well in Galway. The child appeared to have a bad cough, not a condition the well was known for as far as I know. The only time Ive seen actual pilgrims come to it in all my years in the city. I hope it works for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw a couple with their children go to the Holy Well on Lough Atalia today. The child appeared to have a bad cough, not a condition the well was known for as far as I know. The only time Ive seen actual pilgrims come to it in all my years in the city. I hope it works for them.<\/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":[3582,22,1405,64,54],"tags":[1630,4214,4211,4213,2800,4212],"class_list":["post-4532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-family-stories","category-god-in-other-people-inspirational-poetry","category-inspirational-poetry","category-ireland","tag-catholic","tag-faithful","tag-folk-cures","tag-folk-faith","tag-holy-well","tag-holy-well-cures","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1b6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2703,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/miracle-at-saint-st-augustines-holy-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":4532,"position":0},"title":"Miracle at Saint St Augustine\u2019s Holy Well","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"30th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"All hope gone bar blind faith The child to the well he was brought In desperation and pure belief was bathed A cure for his ailment was saught. 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