Showing posts with label the blarney stone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the blarney stone. 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