{"id":4991,"date":"2021-07-24T09:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2021-07-24T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T08:47:15","slug":"the-fairy-boatmen-of-banagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-fairy-boatmen-of-banagher\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fairy Boatmen of Banagher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Verse inspired by a story from the folkore collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Out walking his dog on a July evening
\nIn the river there afloat
\nWhat he thought were local children
\nOur on the water in someones boat.
\nIt was getting dark as dusk was falling,
\nSo he beckoned them to shore,
\nBut his dog took fright and shook and fled
\nSome say, to be seen no more!<\/p>\n

Alas, too late, our hero baker
\nRealized they were no children at all
\nBut a boatload of the little folk
\nOr Good People as others call,
\nHe took to heel to the bridge he ran
\nTold locals standing there
\nWho thought he lad lost his senses
\nWhich he thought wasnt fair.<\/p>\n

The story spread of the four foot men
\nIn a boat with dog like ears…
\nSome say some locals keep an eye still out
\nIn the boating leprechaun crew reappears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verse inspired by a story from the folkore collection Out walking his dog on a July evening In the river there afloat What he thought were local children Our on the water in someones boat. It was getting dark as dusk was falling, So he beckoned them to shore, But …<\/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":[439,76,3166],"tags":[2360,4436,3711,2589],"class_list":["post-4991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-banagher","category-folklore-and-legend","category-irish-folklore-commission-poems-inspired-by-records-from","tag-banagher","tag-boaters","tag-boats","tag-good-folk","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1iv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2476,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/restless-sidhe-of-keeraun-hill\/","url_meta":{"origin":4991,"position":0},"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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