By kissing the famed blarney stone a person is said to be imbued with the gift of gab. But what is the story behind his fanciful tale? Did the stone come from the Holy Land? Or Scotland? Did it involve Queen Elizabeth or Robert the Bruce? This is the story of the Blarney Stone.

Sources

https://blarneycastle.ie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Stone

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