Article: If these rocks could talk.(Stone of Scone, The Blarney Stone, and the Black Stone of Kaaba)

Article: Is it a load of Blarney? ; 1. Kissing the Blarney ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... thousands of visitors flock to the Blarney Stone in thehope that planting a kiss on ... new book suggests that the current Blarney Stone is notas has long been thought rooted ... descriptions of the nature and position of the Blarney Stone. He added: These are, as these accounts ...

Article: Think you've kissed the Blarney Stone? Then think ...
The Independent - London;  February 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Sir Winston Churchill kissed the Blarney Stone, and it worked for him, didn't ... grounds now for saying that there is a Blarney Stone in the castle somewhere, but not the ... That has only been identified as the Blarney Stone since about 1870." The suspicion ...

Article: Blarney stone visitors pucker up
University Wire;  March 15, 2002 ;     449 words ... ... PROVO, Utah -- Whether the Blarney Stone is really a bunch of blarney or ... certificate saying, 'I kissed the Blarney Stone,' Dester said. Visitors to Blarney ... Web sites allow you to kiss the Blarney Stone virtually.

The Blarney Stone is set in the battlements of Blarney ...
KRT Photos;  February 28, 1996 ;     397 words ... ... BLARNEY KRT PHOTO BY JOHN LONG/HARTFORD COURANT (March 23) The Blarney Stone is set in the battlements of Blarney Castle in Ireland. The man in the raincoat is the Blarney Stone attendant, who holds your legs and lowers you backwards through ...

Article: The Life Mag: Election 2001: Blarney stone gets my ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  June 5, 2001 ;     700 words ... ... trip to southern Ireland to kiss the Blarney stone suddenly seemed like a bad idea ... 6.30pm: Home - and suddenly the Blarney stone begins to work, as the boys wake ... Steve Dyson leans back to kiss the Blarney stone

Article: Blarney Stone fall gets E11k compo.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  April 7, 2005 ;     483 words ... ... plunged down a flight of castle stairs after kissing the Blarney Stone was yesterday awarded EUR11,000 in compensation. Scot ... time. That system now requires visitors to go up to the Blarney Stone by the more hazardous of the two stairways and to descend ...

The Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle, Ireland
Archive Photos;  September 1, 1994 ;     237 words ... ... Located in the Irish castle which gives it its name, the Blarney Stone is visited and kissed by countless tourists and visitors ... legends. windows. architecture. travel & leisure The Blarney Stone, Blarney Castle, Ireland Copyright (c) Archive Photos ...