I just read an article in the Renaissance Magazine Issue #64 that according to Mark Samuel who is an archaeologist and architectural historian the the Blarney Stone is reputed to be a piece of the Stone of Scone which was given to Irish King Cormac MacCarthy by Robert the Bruce. I do not known if the present day Blarney Stone is the original one. I can see where people would want to protect their heritage by substituting replicas, but can you know for sure where the real one is?
Flora
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"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
K. Gibran
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." John Muir
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