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Show 1 FAMOUS OLD BLARNEY B' Wtatorlc Spot Long Famed In Song Hli and Story, Is Ono of the Glorlei BL of Ireland. H N THE year 144G an Irish bishop H- hln face scarred with many wounds H,1 climbed to tho keep of his caBtlo, H and, hanging over tho sltlo, kissed a B xtonu In tho wall about flvo foot from HJ &. tho lop This was Cormack MncCar- H jj Mir, and the castle was Blarney cnstlo, H ' Ms military ptronghold For In thoso H, Jays a bishop had to bo a good fighter H; ftcstdcB being a good churchmnn. Tho HK rtouo that MacCarthy kluHcd Is now , tailed tho "Blarney Stono." H Cormnck MacCarthy built Castle H Ularnoy In County Cork Ono day, a i SUtlo while after he had finished It, ho H V Iran walking along when he happened Hj , to sec an old woman drowning In a H ' atrram. Being both a courteous and H I a brave man, he Immediately plunged H I b arid after many struggles rescued H. lor. Tho old woman blessed her res- 1 unr and promised that, for a reward, '1 ho would bestow upon him a tonguo of fitich cloquonce that ho could Influ- M nco friends and cticmlcs. M Hut tlicro was only ono way to ob- K tain this gift. Ho muBt climb to tho H' top of his cnstlo and kiss n stono In H; tho wall there MacCarthy followed I cwMin &s f iBRrw I :7:vk:W M, Dlarncy Castle. Kf:' directions nnd Immediately obtained 1. ' aJcli eloqucnco that ho delayed for a f long time by persuasion and promlso Hr tho surrender of .tho cnstlo to tho lord K, president. It is said thut ovon to this Ht da' " hoover climbs to tho top of tho Hk castle and kisses tho stono will ro- HF cclro tho gift of goldeu speech. 1 Many people now go to kiss tho Kfi Blarney stono. Ono time a young flw American visited Cnstlo Illarrioy, and Km irau very enthusiastic about kissing Hft the stono. He leaned ovor tho squaro HI; opening; but just then ho got a look &t tho ground, 120 feet below. Ho m. suddenly decided'thnt this business of h Visaing tho Dlarncy Btono was only a tr lliy superstition, and wus not worth BHHL. troublo anyway. H Ono of tho legends that cling about K ruins of Blarney is that in tho E pastures near tho castle ghostly cattlo H. fight at niglit with tho present posses. R ' or of tho fields. It is also roportcd Vf that In tho, summer, fairies dance on B" tho grass all night. Castle Dlurncy's fnmo has been in- H cased by Richard Mllolktn's song, HL "Tho Groves' of Blarney," written in Hr" ' 1798. Francis S. Mahonoy, known as v Father Prout, added tho following K linos, which havo. carried tho legond H ol the Blarney, Btono around tho K 'world: Hf There Is a stono there, H Tliat whoever klssi-n, HLl . Oh ho never mlauea Hfs To grow eloquent, K, TIs ho may clumber HK , . To njady's clmfnbor , B; ''' Or become a mombcr B? Of swoet Parllnment. . A clever spouter HF' He'll nuro turn out. or L An out and outer, K To lo lot nlono! BE t. Don't hope to hinder him, K, ) Or to bewilder him, Sure he's a ptlerlm. Hb ' From tho Iilurney Stono. |