According to legend, kissing the blarney stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery). The stone was set into a tower of the blarney castle in 1446. The castle is a popular tourist site in Ireland, attracting visitors from all over the world to kiss the Stone and tour the castle and its gardens. The word blarney has come to mean clever, flattering, or coaxing talk.

Megan told me the other day that I needed to go see the stone, but she didn't know if it would be sanitary to kiss it. She said maybe I could put on some chapstick, kiss the stone, and then wipe the chapstick off....

oh what a peach