SearchThis video takes you inside Blarney Castle in Ireland and to the location of the Blarney Stone and shows how you must lie down in order to “Kiss the Blarney Stone.”
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The History of the Stone
Here’s a description of the 15th century castle. The “stone” itself is said to be 330 million years old.
Origin of Gift of the Gab
The Lord President of Munster, Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy is credited with the origin of “blarney.”
How to Achieve a Way With Words
If you kiss the Blarney Stone, it is said that you will have a way with words—in other words that means you speak well and have a good vocabulary. Parent Toolkit has some recommendations for achieving a way with words.
