{"id":34965,"date":"2017-12-08T11:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=34965"},"modified":"2017-12-08T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:42:09","slug":"yuletide-spices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/yuletide-spices\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuletide spices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ginger cloves and cinnamon<br \/>\nAll fiery sun blessed they<br \/>\nBring passion to our magick<br \/>\nAnd clarity a way<br \/>\nGinger really adds its power<br \/>\nIts good On frosty days<br \/>\nAdded to warm drinks by the fire<br \/>\nIt is worthy of praise<br \/>\nIt is An anti inflammatory<br \/>\nGood If you have drunk too much<br \/>\nIts used in culinary circles<br \/>\nWhere you shouldnt be out of touch<br \/>\nCloves offer protection<br \/>\nGood for love, but its not<br \/>\nGood for a weak stomach<br \/>\nAn irritant it can be<br \/>\nBut great to help<br \/>\nArthritic pain<br \/>\nFor its numbing property<br \/>\nCinnamon a sunny herb<br \/>\nFor protection too<br \/>\nA member of the Laurel family<br \/>\nA preservative so true<br \/>\nThats why its used in apple pies<br \/>\nTo prevent mold, and so<br \/>\nIt sanctifies a sick room<br \/>\nAnd is positive you know<\/p>\n<p>The sun is their ruling master<br \/>\nHeat they all impart<br \/>\nPassion energising so good<br \/>\nFor the heart<br \/>\nYuletide often cold and damp<br \/>\nNeeds positivity<br \/>\nAnd these three spices do the trick<br \/>\nAnd why they have to be<\/p>\n<p>Burned perhaps in incense<br \/>\nIt is  a yuletide smell<br \/>\nAdded to a nightlight<br \/>\nYou know you just feel well<br \/>\nPart of the yuletide splendour<br \/>\nTo bring the sun to bear<br \/>\nTo warm the inner cockles<br \/>\nAnd to increase the passion there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginger cloves and cinnamon All fiery sun blessed they Bring passion to our magick And clarity a way Ginger really adds its power Its good On frosty days Added to warm drinks by the fire It is worthy of praise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/12\/yuletide-spices\/\">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-34965","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\/34965","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=34965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34967,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34965\/revisions\/34967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}