{"id":88,"date":"2014-03-18T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=88"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:58:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:58:45","slug":"irish-family-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/irish-family-funerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Family Funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Last Patricks Day, everyone else went to the parade dressed in green. Not us. We are Cartys We are from Longford. We are just a little bit different&#8230; we dressed in black. and went to a funeral! R.I.P. Tiernan!<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>We meet at funerals, and weddings, well others do.<br \/>\nUs, we meet at funerals, that\u2019s what we do.<br \/>\nPromise to call by each other, rarely do.<br \/>\nBut we say it anyway, its the thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d love to meet them, you look alike, you do\u201d<br \/>\nWe be told, we mean to, we really do.<br \/>\nWe meet at the next funeral, we look alike, we do.<br \/>\nPity we cannot speak, we mourn, as its their funeral, you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Patricks Day, everyone else went to the parade dressed in green. Not us. We are Cartys We are from Longford. We are just a little bit different&#8230; we dressed in black. and went to a funeral! R.I.P. Tiernan! We meet at funerals, and weddings, well others do. Us, we &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,22],"tags":[157,2354,156,158],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-family-stories","tag-bereavement","tag-death","tag-family","tag-patricks-day","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2509,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/at-the-age-for-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":88,"position":0},"title":"At The Age for This","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm at the age for this The funerals: all to common now I dont go to them all anymore To commiserate with strangers Let them know I was there Who do not care who I am Or that I was or wasnt But thats our tradition The Irish way. 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