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La Pietra Santa Muerte Blarney (Cloch na Blarnan)

Blarney Castle and the parapet with the Stone seen from below

called The Blarney Stone (Irish Gaelic: Blarnan Cloch na) is a block of stone embedded in the battlements of Blarney Castle, about 8 km from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone with a precise ritual is intended to give the gift of eloquence and flattery. The stone seems to have been built in a castle tower after completion of the castle, and therefore was not part of the original building (the stone fortress dates back to around 1210). The castle and its gardens (which are also rich in folk tales we will examine in a later post) are, nowadays, a popular tourist destination, which attracts thousands of people from around the world.

With Law on the stone, the word "blarney" acquired the meaning of "polite" or "smart-talking" (great example of how folklore has always affect the everyday life).
Some old stories about the stone even Cliodhna, a goddess of the Celtic pantheon.
According to these stories happened to Cormac MacCarthy Lais, the manufacturer of the Blarney Castle, to be involved in a process. He then appealed to the goddess Cliodhna to obtain legal assistance in this comparison. The Goddess told him to kiss the stone that he had first met on the way to the Court, on the morning of the appeal. Cormac followed the divine counsel, and in fact won that day cause no problems, using a talking Sciola and extremely convincing. After this divine intervention, the stone in question acquired the ability to give the gift of eloquence, or di “ingannare senza offendere”, a chi l’avesse baciata. In seguito MacCarthy decise di incorporare la pietra che l’aveva tratto di impaccio nel parapetto del suo castello.

McGlen sperimenta il Folklore in prima persona!

Esistono tuttavia molte altre storie sull’origine della Pietra. Alcune di queste narrano che la Pietra, originaria dell’Irlanda, fosse stata portata per un certo periodo in Scozia, prima di ritornare definitivamente in Irlanda nel 1314 circa. Altre versioni raccontano che la Pietra fosse un pezzo di pietra di Scone, donata a Cormac McCarthy da Robert Bruce proprio ne 1314, as a reward and a sign of friendship for their help in the Battle of Bannockburn. Although well known, this legend does not take into account the fact that if things had gone really well, the Stone should have left Scotland 18 years before Bannockburn! Another story reports that the stone was given to McCarthy by Queen Elizabeth I, impressed by the oratorical skills of the latter, unable to swear allegiance to the English Crown and engaging in a relationship of vassalage, without going to affect or diminish the their independence and their demands, without abandoning the commitments they had just made a real snake oil salesmen in other words! The ritual of kissing

The Blarney Stone seems to have been executed over the years by "millions of people," at least according to reports by the present owners, including many prominent personalities and great statesmen, including Winston Churchill himself. The Kiss, in order to function, however, must be provided in a precise way: the candidate should get the speaker ripita and winding stairs leading to the top of the castle, all'indierto lean over the parapet, and finally kiss the Stone for this awkward and dangerous position. Currently, the iron railing has protections in place and the kiss with the help of an assistant, but the experience still involves strong emotions and attacks of vertigo, as I experienced the same!