{"id":291,"date":"2005-07-15T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2005-07-15T05:16:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-15T05:16:00","slug":"a-limerick-in-honor-of-pamplonas-running-of-the-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"A LIMERICK IN HONOR OF PAMPLONA\u2019S RUNNING OF THE BULLS."},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4969\/435\/1600\/EL%20ENCIERRO%20CABANILLAS%20%2823%20JUL%2004%29.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4969\/435\/320\/EL%20ENCIERRO%20CABANILLAS%20%2823%20JUL%2004%29.jpg?w=660\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <br \/>A drunken young man from Pamplona.<br \/>Whose brainpan was filled with bologna.<br \/>Thought it might be great fun.<br \/>Leading bulls on a run.<br \/>He was last seen sailing over Verona.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drunken young man from Pamplona.Whose brainpan was filled with bologna.Thought it might be great fun.Leading bulls on a run.He was last seen sailing over Verona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75qi3-4H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":409,"url":"https:\/\/www.saldetraglia.com\/?p=409","url_meta":{"origin":291,"position":0},"title":"BULLISH ON CABANILLAS DEL CAMPO","author":"Sal DeTraglia","date":"July 19, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"The annual \u201cFiestas Populares y Taurinos\u201d (i.e., the \u201cPeople and Bulls Festival\u201d) began last night here in Cabanillas del Campo. 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