Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Near Cork, in southern Ireland there stands old Blarney Castle. A myth says that Queens Elizabeth once referred to statements of the lord of this castle as just "blarney." With this there is the old prophecy that whoever would kiss a certain stone would be given persuasive power of speech."
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "By sitting on a ledge and learning back till the head is down about a foot and a half below the seat, it is possible to look up and kiss the bottom of that famous stone. It is a feat which challenges the most adventuresome and makes them hesitate as this Irish colleen is doing. Yet the edge of the stone is worn very smooth."
