{"id":65063,"date":"2024-10-09T10:07:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T10:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=65063"},"modified":"2024-10-09T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T10:08:49","slug":"the-gellilydan-or-welsh-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/10\/the-gellilydan-or-welsh-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gellilydan  or Welsh Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gellilydan a creature of old<br \/>\nMassively powerful<br \/>\nThe colour of gold<br \/>\nA true blown dinosaur<br \/>\nWith a lumbering gait<br \/>\nThe Ffestiniog monster<br \/>\nWho lived in the slate<\/p>\n<p>In the sunlight she glowed<br \/>\nAnd sparkled, for she<br \/>\nLived strictly on plants leaves  and roots<br \/>\nGenuinely<br \/>\nWatching her climb up the mountains<br \/>\nWhere she<br \/>\nLived and displayed her<br \/>\ntrue pedigree<\/p>\n<p>She roared like the wind<br \/>\nShe ran like the Hare<br \/>\nShe climbed like a boa<br \/>\nJust everywhere<br \/>\nSo scintillating<br \/>\nSensationally<br \/>\nThe rarest of breeds<br \/>\nThat one ever might see<\/p>\n<p>Sat flat on the slate<br \/>\nWith a moon high above<br \/>\nBeing  out and about<br \/>\nA figure of love<br \/>\nA goddess of sorts<br \/>\nA Welsh dragon who<br \/>\nWhen seen by the locals<br \/>\nCaused a hullabaloo<\/p>\n<p>Once seen ne\u2019r forgotten<br \/>\nChomping away<br \/>\nOn branches and twigs<br \/>\nIn her amazing way<br \/>\nA long curly  tongue<br \/>\nAnd huge fangs of fire<br \/>\nIt just made souls quiver<br \/>\nAnd even perspire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gellilydan a creature of old Massively powerful The colour of gold A true blown dinosaur With a lumbering gait The Ffestiniog monster Who lived in the slate In the sunlight she glowed And sparkled, for she Lived strictly on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/10\/the-gellilydan-or-welsh-dragon\/\">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":[685,353],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-likely-story","category-dragon-and-damsel-flies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65063","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=65063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65065,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65063\/revisions\/65065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}