![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Samhain-Church.jpg\" "\\"Samhain")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
From the other side they come
\nTo look after those that to them are dear
\nThe Spirits from the Otherworld
\nAt the turning of Celtic New Year.<\/p>\n
And we, unknowing that they among us walk
\nSpeak of them as if they were not here
\nLooking after those they left behind
\nSpirits of the dead we need not fear.<\/p>\n
And bobbing apples and barn brack
\nWith carved pumpkins and masks
\nTo confuse malevolent spirits among us
\nWe play the games, yet if its message never ask<\/p>\n
No more than at Christmas time
\nWe exchange gifts and cards and drink
\nForgetting the real meaning of the Feast
\nThis year, of them let us pray and think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the other side they come To look after those that to them are dear The Spirits from the Otherworld At the turning of Celtic New Year. And we, unknowing that they among us walk Speak of them as if they were not here Looking after those they left behind …<\/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":[155,840],"tags":[843,844,842,841],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-passage-of-time","tag-halloween","tag-passage-of-time-2","tag-samhain","tag-time","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-9h","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2374,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/new-year-new-start-all-folks-the-same\/","url_meta":{"origin":575,"position":0},"title":"New Year, New Start, All Folks the Same","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"14th October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"New year, new start, all folks the same No matter what land or tradition from which they came So close to Samhain, our own time of New Year They have Muharram, time of celebration and cheer... 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