{"id":5232,"date":"1923-12-13T19:31:07","date_gmt":"1923-12-13T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2023-12-13T19:33:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:33:46","slug":"dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Seek Favour’s from the Good Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"According<\/a>
According to lore, a ring of mushrooms mark the spot where the faries have danced in the cover of the fog, in Irish folk stories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some folk are brave and more are not
\nTo ask the good folk for what they seek
\nThose spirit folk we called the Sidhe
\nOf whom we refuse to directly speak.
\nThe taboo still exists in theses modern times
\nAmong those who are close to the land
\nLive the air, and the earth, and the rain
\nIn a way city folk cant understand.<\/p>\n

Some ask from a need \u2013 but there is a price
\nIt may be worse than the ailment of you complain
\nYou wont know the price till the favour you saught
\nForever in their debt may remain.
\nTricksters, traitors, work for themselves
\nIf you have much sense or worth
\nBear lifes load on your shoulders as is meant to be borne
\nAsk not help from the Fairy Fort!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be aware of the risks of getting a favour from the good folk…<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1mo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3840,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dont-seek-favours-from-the-good-folk\/","url_meta":{"origin":5232,"position":0},"title":"Don’t Seek Favours from the Good Folk","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Some folk are brave and more are not To ask the good folk for what they seek Those spirit folk we called the Sidhe Of whom we refuse to directly speak. 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