The word \u201cduende\u201d is used in Spanish and Chamorro languages. English speakers use the Irish Gaelic word leprechaun, which has\u00a0the same meaning. A shanachie is a teller\u00a0of old tales and legends. \u201cMay the best day of your past be the worst day of your future\u201d is an old Irish blessing. Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
Duendes Dance from Dublin to Dan Dan<\/strong><\/p>\n Leprachauns\u00a0are loose all over the place JOEY \u2018PEPE BATBON\u2019 CONNOLLY (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong> The word \u201cduende\u201d is used in Spanish and Chamorro languages. English speakers use the Irish…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":355846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673,13843],"class_list":["post-364316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-lvnv","tag-nola","tag-pepe-batbon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfrom the Mariana Trench to outer space
\nfrom downtown Agana to Adelup duendes
\ndance a fairy loop,\u00a0leprachauns\u00a0know the scoop
\non Rota from Wedding Cake Mountain to
\nSinapalu guaha binadu an man dana todu\u00a0
\nfrom Tinian\u2019s\u00a0Magpo Heights to Marpo Valley
\nguaha katdon\u00a0pika yan bula donne sali
\nfrom Saipan villages Gualo Rai to Garapan
\nplenty kim chi, bifstek,and stir fry in the pan
\nfrom Susupe Beach over to San Vicente
\nadobo and tinola they got more than plenty
\non Naftan Rock sits Pepe Batbon Connolly
\na fat old leprechaun\u00a0shanachie wannabe.<\/p>\n
\nJoey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"