{"id":15248,"date":"2017-10-01T01:10:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T06:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=15811"},"modified":"2017-09-28T18:22:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T23:22:54","slug":"stingy-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/10\/01\/stingy-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Stingy Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Stingy Jack<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15813\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Master of mischief<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You tricked the devil<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Into becoming silver<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A coin to pay<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The barman\u2019s bill.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lover of lies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You swindled Satan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Into yonder apple tree<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Trapped by crosses<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You won again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">King of coercion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You beat Beelzebub<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But your liver couldn\u2019t win<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The ale was your sin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You died as you lived.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Beer soaked and broken<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The devil tricked you<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now your face is a grimace<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Trapped in a turnip<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wandering always<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You can\u2019t find the veil.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Don\u2019t try to trick <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The devil or the fae<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You\u2019ll think you have won<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But they always get their way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Image credit: Geni, 2006 via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:TurnipJackolantern.jpg\">Wikimedia<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Liberation Serif', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Mabh Savage<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0is a Pagan author, poet and musician, as well as a freelance journalist.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is the author of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Modern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pagan Portals: Celtic Witchcraft<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Follow Mabh 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&nbsp; King of coercion You beat Beelzebub But your liver couldn\u2019t win The ale was your sin You died as you lived. &nbsp; Beer soaked and broken The devil tricked you Now your face is a grimace Trapped in a turnip Wandering always You can\u2019t find the veil. &nbsp; &nbsp; Don\u2019t try to trick The devil or the fae You\u2019ll think you have won But they always get their way. &nbsp; &nbsp; Image credit: Geni, 2006 via Wikimedia. &nbsp; &nbsp; *** &nbsp; About the Author: &nbsp; Mabh Savage\u00a0is a Pagan author, poet and musician, as well as a freelance journalist. 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