THE BLARNEY STONE
KISS OF DEATH.
Presm Association—By Electric * " Telegraph—Copyright.) ' CORK, July 26. James Burke, of Charlesville, U.S.A. insisted that he .could kiss the Blarney Stone without anyone holding his legs as he hung head downwards over the parapet, as so many .pilgrims have done., He tried it, slipped and fell a hundred feet to death, at the foot of the ancient castle. Kissing the stone, tradition says, gives the power of eloquent and persuasive speech.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1932, Page 6
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76THE BLARNEY STONE Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1932, Page 6
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