Kissing the Blarney Stone The Blarney Stone is a legendary block of limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland. Supposedly, kissing the stone endows the kisser with great eloquence. The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446. The Blarney Stone is supposed to be half of the original Stone of Destiny.
Today, the word blarney means clever, flattering, or coaxing talk.
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