{"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":"

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… we dressed in black. and went to a funeral! R.I.P. Tiernan!<\/em> <\/p>\n

We meet at funerals, and weddings, well others do.
\nUs, we meet at funerals, that\u2019s what we do.
\nPromise to call by each other, rarely do.
\nBut we say it anyway, its the thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d love to meet them, you look alike, you do\u201d
\nWe be told, we mean to, we really do.
\nWe meet at the next funeral, we look alike, we do.
\nPity we cannot speak, we mourn, as its their funeral, you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… we dressed in black. and went to a funeral! R.I.P. Tiernan! We meet at funerals, and weddings, well others do. Us, we …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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_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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