Showing posts with label eloquent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eloquent. Show all posts

Jun 30, 2010

"What Is...?" Wednesday

The Blarney Stone

"There is a stone there, that whoever kisses,
Oh! He never misses to grow eloquent:
'Tis he may clamber to a lady's chamber,
Or become a member of Parliament."

Blarney Castle  was constructed in 1446, the history of the place goes back two centuries before that time. The story begins with a magical stone, its origins shrouded in mystery. One legend says