{"id":20916,"date":"2015-05-04T08:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T08:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20916"},"modified":"2015-05-04T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T16:19:52","slug":"beltane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/beltane\/","title":{"rendered":"Beltane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beltane welcomes the blossoms<br \/>\nThe blossoms of the May<br \/>\nHazel stout and stocky<br \/>\nKeeps everyone at bay<br \/>\nHazels thorny countenance<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s leaves that  surely tonify<br \/>\nRich in vitamins for<br \/>\nReplenishing those lost from Yule<br \/>\nWhilst Helping us restore<\/p>\n<p>The sweet scent conjures<br \/>\nUp in me, a project for the child<br \/>\nWho wanders aimlessly<br \/>\nOn the digital pathways<br \/>\nEver wild<br \/>\nWhilst unseeing of the fabric<br \/>\nAnd The corridors of life<br \/>\nThe sugar and the woody smoke<br \/>\nThat internalises strife<\/p>\n<p>The fire of the great goddess<br \/>\nBeltane just makes us sure<br \/>\nMore animals now on parade<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s part of natural law<br \/>\nThe first green shoots<br \/>\nShout louder<br \/>\nTo the new lambs in the field<br \/>\nHoist the May pole clasp<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s  ribbons<br \/>\nFeel,  all the gladsome yield<\/p>\n<p>Lots of flowery garlands<br \/>\nDandelion and daisy chains<br \/>\nLet the bonfires smoulder<br \/>\nThe smoke inducing gains<br \/>\nTo rid the cattle of the ticks<br \/>\nFor that was clearly when<br \/>\nThe need became a potential<br \/>\nRecorded by the pen<br \/>\nMid summer sends it symphony<br \/>\nTo harvest time for there<br \/>\nWhere The fruits of all our labours<br \/>\nWill be here for all to share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beltane welcomes the blossoms The blossoms of the May Hazel stout and stocky Keeps everyone at bay Hazels thorny countenance It&#8217;s leaves that surely tonify Rich in vitamins for Replenishing those lost from Yule Whilst Helping us restore The sweet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/beltane\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20937,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20916\/revisions\/20937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}