Definition: At Blarney Castle in the County of Cork Ireland is a celebrated stone called the Blarney Stone It is made famous by tradition among Irish people that whoever kisses the Blarney Stone will from that moment become gifted with the power winsome flattery and persuasive eloquence Hence it is the shrine of ambitious orators and ardent lovers from immemorial to the present day.(Wright, Intro to Echoes from the Blarney Stone)
Cocktail Party BanterYou must have kissed the Blarney Stone, for your words are so eloquent.
Literary ReferenceIT'S quare how some can talk so And tell what they are seekin
They have a knack and cut of gib And illoquence for speakin
And they can string so long a chat Ye d wonder how they prate it
They take a word of this and that And thin how well they mate it
And gaping crowds they can And lead them on to mobbin
Or like a fiddle in a dance Just kape thim gintly bobbin
And they can spake the words of pace Our doubts and fears dispellin
Or they can bid our ills inkrease Beyond the power of tellin
But what's the grass they graze
That kapes their tongues so And how is it they saze
upon Their words woot little striven
The Blarney Stone
the Blarney Stone
It has a magic all its own
And though some fools may mock and hiss it
The wisest men will stoop to kiss it
And there O pity Echoes
from the Blarney Stone and Other Rhymes by Robert Creighton Wright.
Audio Visual: This song has lyrics that may not be sensible to virgin ears. I warned you.
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