The Blarney stone is a block of bluestone (even if it isn’t blue) and a prominent Irish symbol. According to legend, whoever kisses the stone would endow that person the gift of gab.

As Irish bard Francis Sylvester Mahony wrote,

“There is a stone there,

That whoever kisses,

Oh, he never misses

To grow eloquent.

‘Tis he may clamber

To a lady’s chamber,

Or become a member

Of Parliament.”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

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