I have the been given the gift of gab! Today we kissed the Blarney stone, so we have goodly speech now 😉
Okay, now you’re probably wondering, what is the Blarney stone? (unless you already know of course) The Blarney stone is this special stone that, if you kiss, gives you eloquence. We think it gives you the gift of gab. Seems very easy, doesn’t it?
Sadly, the stone isn’t in the middle of a room, easily accessible and kissable.
You have to climb all the way to the top of the castle via spiral stairs (which I love and mum doesn’t) and then wait in a long queue before lying on a blanket, holding two bars on the wall and leaning backwards over the dizzying drop (its over a hole all the way down to the ground). You reach your head down while the man holds you to make sure you don’t fall and kiss the farthest stone. Congrats, you now have the gift of Eloquence (or the gift of gab)
It was fun.
**This post was written by Sarah**
Blarney castle
Kissing the Blarney Stone
Melissa kissing the Blarney stone
Me (Sarah) on may way down to kiss the Blarney stone
Stone held up by Melissa
Fun swing
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You guys don’t need anything to improve your eloquence but here’s looking forward to even chattier posts!
Awe, thanks.
YOU DID NOT KISS THAT STONE! Rhonda! I warned you, the local teens pee on it regularly. I told you DO NOT PUT YOUR LIPS ON THE BLARNEY STONE. Why didn’t you listen to me? Gross, Rhonda! That’s just plain disgusting!
Don’t worry about me, I only blew the thing a kiss. To relieve your worry, I looked it up, and most sights say it is just an urban legend. Afterall it is in a tower gated tower about 30 ft. or more up in the air. Plus, the castle itself has pretty good fencing. But you never know what kids will do for a prank. Maybe that is why there is now a guy who wipes it with some sort of blue cleaner between each kiss. But, it is all in fun. As for not listening, the blog is about a week behind due to the upcoming cruise so we had already schedule this post when you gave the warning.
I thought you already had the gift of the gab Rhonda heheh! 🙂
LOL @ Joyce
Hmmm . . . maybe that is why I only blew a kiss at the thing.
Maybe we will get to Ireland and do that too one of these days. Nicely written Sarah 🙂
I was pretty impressed with Sarah’s writing too. Thanks Tony.
Yeah, thanks Tony (and mum)