{"id":901,"date":"2013-12-22T23:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T23:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2014-10-21T23:31:04","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T23:31:04","slug":"gates-to-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/gates-to-the-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates to the Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2849\" style=\"width: 813px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tomas-O-Carthaigh-at-Tubberpatrick-well-with-rags-on-the-Fairy-Tree-in-the-background.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh at Tubberpatrick well, with rags on the Fairy Tree in the background\" width=\"813\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2849\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh at Tubberpatrick well, with rags on the Fairy Tree in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nGates to the gods, the people flocks,<br \/>\nTo worship at the waters pure,<br \/>\nTo leave tokens, offerings there&#8230;<br \/>\nTake home some water as a cure&#8230;<br \/>\nShould that well be fouled somehow,<br \/>\nBy folk it was often said&#8230;<br \/>\nIt would dry up, being desecrated&#8230;<br \/>\nTo spring up elsewhere instead&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wise preachers of the Christian faith,<br \/>\nIncorporated this by blessing giving,<br \/>\nPattern days then grew at these&#8230;<br \/>\nStrength of a faith forgiving&#8230;<br \/>\nIn Ballycumber, an evil Landlord<br \/>\nKnew more of Dogma than of God&#8230;<br \/>\nLaced his well with broken glass<br \/>\nTo main those who in it trod&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes God works in mysterious ways,<br \/>\nCauses from a distance an effect&#8230;<br \/>\nBut in Ballycumber angered so was he&#8230;<br \/>\nHe acted more direct&#8230;<br \/>\nThrough the fury of the villagers,<br \/>\nWho the landlords feet on his own glass they impailed&#8230;<br \/>\nHe dies some days later in pain&#8230;<br \/>\nRemorseful, in prayer he\u00a0 wailed.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Patrick it was said stopped by a well,<br \/>\nTubbererpatrick, on Nabelwy Lakes banks,<br \/>\nOn his way to slew Crom\u00a0 Cruach,<br \/>\nTo bless it, pray and give thanks.<br \/>\nEach well has its own\u00a0 saint who blessed it,<br \/>\nBeside many a fairy tree,<br \/>\nOfferings of rags, coins and holy medals given,<br \/>\nSo that well of an ailment someone may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gates to the gods, the people flocks, To worship at the waters pure, To leave tokens, offerings there&#8230; Take home some water as a cure&#8230; Should that well be fouled somehow, By folk it was often said&#8230; It would dry up, being desecrated&#8230; To spring up elsewhere instead&#8230; Wise preachers &#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":[76,256,168,169,23],"tags":[1104,42,264,1105,1103],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-folklore-and-legend","category-irish-heritage","category-irish-legend","category-myths-and-tales","category-north-longford","tag-holy-wells","tag-longford","tag-pagan","tag-tubberpatrick","tag-wells","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-ex","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1731,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/from-corn-hill-his-spirit-watches\/","url_meta":{"origin":901,"position":0},"title":"From Corn Hill His Spirit Watches","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest of the restored poems to the website, from a couple of years back Upon that hilltop he does sleep His spirit on all below does keep Watchful eye on cattle men and sheep Where the Black Pig its Dyke deep ploughed. 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