THE KISS OF DEATH
FATALITY AT BLARNEY CASTLE 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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Evening Star, Issue 21171, 3 August 1932, Page 7
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74THE KISS OF DEATH Evening Star, Issue 21171, 3 August 1932, Page 7
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