{"id":5026,"date":"2021-08-11T03:54:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T02:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2021-08-11T03:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T02:54:16","slug":"memories-of-grandmother-at-drumnahara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/memories-of-grandmother-at-drumnahara\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Grandmother at Drumnahara"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shaking hands that set the plate
\nOf ice cream and jelly that vibrate
\nWith an old woman’s smile under curled hair
\nI remember the jelly, wobbling there.<\/p>\n

Some old yarn with my mother, recalled
\nI sat there, watching, silent, enthralled,
\n“But yer always scoulding” it was said –
\nSomeone’s catchphrase they quoted, is still in my head.<\/p>\n

I probably misremember, but fondly do,
\nAmong the other memories too
\nHer daughter in time her place took
\nAs the little old lady whose hands shook,
\nSetting on a table a cup of tea
\nAs grandmother did, jelly and ice cream for me.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The parlour in the Donohoe house in Lislea: by mothers father, brother and mother, outside Ballinalee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The shaking hands that set the plate Of ice cream and jelly that vibrate With an old woman’s smile under curled hair I remember the jelly, wobbling there. Some old yarn with my mother, recalled I sat there, watching, silent, enthralled, “But yer always scoulding” it was said – Someone’s …<\/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":[22,23],"tags":[115,4450,42,2342],"class_list":["post-5026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-stories","category-north-longford","tag-ballinalee","tag-drumnahara","tag-longford","tag-north-longford","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1j4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":213,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/stone-angels-stone-hearts\/","url_meta":{"origin":5026,"position":0},"title":"Stone Angels, Stone Hearts","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Pennies of the poor gathered, one by one, counted Thousands, and hundreds of thousands, from the faithful amounted... 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