{"id":592,"date":"2014-04-20T23:32:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T23:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=592"},"modified":"2014-09-13T23:35:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T23:35:39","slug":"sleeping-i-did-not-see-the-dancing-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/sleeping-i-did-not-see-the-dancing-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping, I Did Not See the Dancing Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3118\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Aughnacliffe-in-North-Longford-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"In nearby Aughagreagh, my grandfather got up each Easter morning, to see the sun whirl and dance in the sky.It was believed by his generation that it did, and my father told me of it when a boy. Off from work,a rarity, with fine weather, an even more rarity, through sloth and lazyness, I slept it out, and didnt see it, though it was my first Easter in the new house in the old county! So, I went for a walk,to Aughnacliffe (see picture), then Legga, and then home!\" width=\"1250\" height=\"439\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In nearby Aughagreagh, my grandfather got up each Easter morning, to see the sun whirl and dance in the sky.It was believed by his generation that it did, and my father told me of it when a boy. Off from work,a rarity, with fine weather, an even more rarity, through sloth and lazyness, I slept it out, and didnt see it, though it was my first Easter in the new house in the old county! So, I went for a walk,to Aughnacliffe (see picture), then Legga, and then home!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sleeping, I, I did not see the dancing sun,<br \/>\nThat my grandfather claimed each Easter to see,<br \/>\nThat is what you miss in life,<br \/>\nWhen you lie till near noon, like me!<br \/>\nThe sun danced, the old folk believed,<br \/>\nBecause Jesus from the dead was risen&#8230;<br \/>\nSloth being the sin I&#8217;m guilty of,<br \/>\nI hope I am forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>So why do I, from these modern days,<br \/>\nSeek to rise and see the morning sun&#8230;<br \/>\nWhen piseogs, the beliefs of those now gone,<br \/>\nTo be forgotten wholesale, it has begun.<br \/>\nIt joins us with the world before,<br \/>\nOr so think I, maybe being a fool, I do<br \/>\nAs someday I will be one gone before<br \/>\nOf those who remember I am one of the few.<\/p>\n<p>In Aughagreagh, my grandfather rose each Easter morning<br \/>\nTo see the sun whirl and dance in the sky.<br \/>\nAs it was believed by his generation that it did,<br \/>\nOf it my father told to my brother and I.<br \/>\nMaybe next year, should I be good,<br \/>\nTry and wake before, to greet the dawn:<br \/>\nI shall see, if the weather is as good as today,<br \/>\nIf the Easter Sun dances while I yawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeping, I, I did not see the dancing sun, That my grandfather claimed each Easter to see, That is what you miss in life, When you lie till near noon, like me! The sun danced, the old folk believed, Because Jesus from the dead was risen&#8230; Sloth being the sin &#8230;<\/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":[267,22,54,256,7,23],"tags":[862,861,863,864,866,865],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celts-and-celtic-heritage","category-family-stories","category-ireland","category-irish-heritage","category-life","category-north-longford","tag-casca","tag-easter","tag-easter-traditions","tag-irish-traditions","tag-longford-traditions","tag-piseogs","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-9y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3664,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/being-easter-sunday-will-the-sun-dance-in-the-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":592,"position":0},"title":"Being Easter Sunday, Will the Sun Dance in the Morning?","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It being Easter Sunday, At the dawn, will the sun dance? 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