{"id":34471,"date":"2017-11-04T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34471"},"modified":"2017-11-05T01:28:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T01:28:38","slug":"samhain-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/samhain-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Samhain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So many leaves have tumbled<br \/>\nNow Jack Frost is on the prowl<br \/>\nThe wind has got that hoary air<br \/>\nOf countenance each howl<br \/>\nReally you will need to be dressed up<br \/>\nAnd feeling warm<br \/>\nStanding in a circle on the<br \/>\nRollrights ain&#8217;t the norm<\/p>\n<p>And if you ever do it<br \/>\nDont forget long johns<br \/>\nAt least three pairs of woollen socks<br \/>\nAnd a lined robe to put on<br \/>\nPossibly some ear muffs<br \/>\nAnd a little flask of rum<br \/>\nIts best to have that foresight<br \/>\nFor your toes can get so numb<\/p>\n<p>As the light draws down<br \/>\nThe trees in silhouettes they quickly fade<br \/>\nThe clouds allow the moon to blink<br \/>\nAnd on the ground is laid<br \/>\nA hot fire and its sooty embers rising ever high<br \/>\nConfident and self assurred which is really why<\/p>\n<p>Samhain is the ritual that comes along before<br \/>\nYule and ofcourse mistletoe and the green wreaths on the door<br \/>\nA time for happy families<br \/>\nWhen resolutions fly<br \/>\nWhen we resolve our issues<br \/>\nAnd the ivy green grows high<br \/>\nAlong with  prickly holly<br \/>\nWith its berries round and red<br \/>\nWhen our children hang their stockings<br \/>\nBefore they go to  bed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many leaves have tumbled Now Jack Frost is on the prowl The wind has got that hoary air Of countenance each howl Really you will need to be dressed up And feeling warm Standing in a circle on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/samhain-7\/\">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":[179,200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rollrights","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34471","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=34471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34480,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34471\/revisions\/34480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}