{"id":37121,"date":"2018-06-18T08:56:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T08:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37121"},"modified":"2018-06-18T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T09:26:24","slug":"summer-solstice-at-rollrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/06\/summer-solstice-at-rollrights\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Solstice  at Rollrights 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A grey old day was had by all<br \/>\nWindy and rather cold<br \/>\nBut despite that lots of people came<br \/>\nAnd joined our merry fold<br \/>\nA lot of nice new faces<br \/>\nAnd a number of the clan<br \/>\nFormed a perfect circle<br \/>\nAnd our ritual  began<\/p>\n<p>Holding hands closing our eyes<br \/>\nWe all drifted away<br \/>\nGetting in touch with the energies<br \/>\nThat were obvious Sunday<br \/>\nOur Arch Druid called for peace<br \/>\nAnd the quarters were beautifully read<br \/>\nThe oak king and the holly king did battle<br \/>\nClearly shed<br \/>\nA lot of force and mayhem<br \/>\nTheir supporters cheering on<br \/>\nTil the oak king was defeated<br \/>\nAnd there he lay upon<\/p>\n<p>The holly king to reign supreme<br \/>\nHis magnificence all shared<br \/>\nHe really was amazing<br \/>\nWe all could see he cared<br \/>\nThe poor old oak king<br \/>\nBeaten but a maiden danced<br \/>\nAnd he<br \/>\nWas carried by 4 strong  armed men<br \/>\nTo wander  aimlessly<\/p>\n<p>The food was blessed<br \/>\nAnd handed around<br \/>\nSharing the honey mead<br \/>\nSome gorgeous sun dried apricots<br \/>\nSo our old bard could succeed<br \/>\nIn  reciting his long poem<br \/>\nAs everyone took note<br \/>\nThen ofcourse the speaking stick<br \/>\nWhich always rocks his boat<\/p>\n<p>And despite the windy weather<br \/>\nEveryone who came<br \/>\nEntertained us with their prowess<br \/>\nAnd our hearts aflame<br \/>\nHeard a charming story<br \/>\nFrom Adam what a man<br \/>\nIt was a faery story<br \/>\nAnd We all became a fan<\/p>\n<p>A lady played the accordion<br \/>\nA lovely gentle air<br \/>\nIt made me wish to do a jig<br \/>\nBut ofcourse the  people there<br \/>\nCould see that was nigh impossible<br \/>\nOther poems too<br \/>\nWere recited they were joyful<br \/>\nThey were honest they were true<\/p>\n<p>Finishing with the ho ho ho<br \/>\nCombining our energies<br \/>\nThree cheers to the sun god<br \/>\nWhich we all felt, it did please<br \/>\nFor we got a glimpse of sunlight<br \/>\nAnd left to make our way<br \/>\nJoyful for the coming solstice<br \/>\nSometime on  Thursday<\/p>\n<p>It was really very peaceful<br \/>\nWith lots of new friends who<br \/>\nJoined us it was refreshing<br \/>\nTo do what we all do<br \/>\nTo get out in the rollright air<br \/>\nno wifi to surround<br \/>\nTo actually share some alignment<br \/>\nFeet firmly on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grey old day was had by all Windy and rather cold But despite that lots of people came And joined our merry fold A lot of nice new faces And a number of the clan Formed a perfect circle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/06\/summer-solstice-at-rollrights\/\">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-37121","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\/37121","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=37121"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37131,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37121\/revisions\/37131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}