{"id":575,"date":"2010-05-03T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/05\/may-pole-omens-i-hope-so.html"},"modified":"2010-05-03T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T13:11:47","slug":"may-pole-omens-i-hope-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/05\/may-pole-omens-i-hope-so.html","title":{"rendered":"May Pole Omens?  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