This poem is called ‘The Lammas Hireling’. It’s based on a story I heard when I was in Northern Ireland, out for a very late night walk, a local person pointed out a house he told me was where the local witches used to live, and in their tradition witches would change into hares, [...]
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The Lammas Hireling
Posted January 25th, 2012
From The Irish
Posted August 31st, 2011
Clare’s Jig
Posted December 21st, 2010
Fundamentals
Posted November 25th, 2010
When I was at school, sometimes the teachers used to point out examples of historical personages that perhaps we should try and emulate in our own lives. Well, one of these examples was David Livingstone, and it was only when, much later in life, I read his biography I discovered, for example, that when he [...]
Come the Morning
Posted March 23rd, 2010
From The Irish
Posted January 13th, 2010
The Lammas Hireling
Posted May 12th, 2009


