{"id":154,"date":"2009-03-18T06:13:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=154"},"modified":"2009-03-18T06:13:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T12:13:13","slug":"irish-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Irish Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 212px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Aughnanure_Castle_%28pixinn.net%29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/de\/Aughnanure_Castle_%28pixinn.net%29.jpg\/202px-Aughnanure_Castle_%28pixinn.net%29.jpg\" alt=\"View of Aughnanure Castle, Ireland\" style=\"border: medium none ; display: block;\" width=\"202\" height=\"134\"><\/a><span class=\"zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Aughnanure_Castle_%28pixinn.net%29.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We don&#8217;t do anything for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in our home but I know most people do.  That&#8217;s why I was happy when my friend sent over this link for an adorable F*R*E*E online story told by an Irish storyteller.  His accent is delightful and the story is an old one &#8211; I think your kids will be mesmerized!<\/p>\n<p>(Please note that I have not had the chance to listen to the whole story yet myself so please listen first before you let your kids listen &#8211; I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s fine, but just in case!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ad.vu\/gn46\">Take a listen to the Irish StoryTeller at Real Irish Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Irish myths and traditional Irish stories give you the insights into the magic past in Ireland when you could meet a Leprechaun or a Banshee just round the corner!<\/p>\n<p>However, in times of our consume society the best and most authentic of these stories got lost in a bulk of kitsch created by people looking to adjust the Irish history to what customers want to buy<\/p>\n<p>To get the real value, it is crucial that these stories are narrated in the spirit of Irish history and by a genuine Irish story teller who understands the traditions of this lovely country.  &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/ad.vu\/gn46\">Click HERE to read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif\" alt=\"\"><span class=\"zem-script more-related\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia We don&#8217;t do anything for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in our home but I know most people do. That&#8217;s why I was happy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preschool-storytime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parentingzoo.com\/members\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}