Tales of Glarney

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William Henry Hurlbert wrote in that the legend of the stone seemed to be less than a hundred years old at that time, suggesting the tradition began late in the 18th century. It is claimed that the synonymy of "blarney" with "empty flattery" or "beguiling talk" derives from one of two sources. Cormac travelled to see the queen, but was certain he would not persuade her to change her mind as he wasn't an effective speaker. He met an old woman on the way who told him that anyone who kissed a particular stone in Blarney Castle would be given the gift of eloquent speech.


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Cormac went on to persuade the queen that he should not be deprived of his land. Francis Sylvester Mahony [14]. Echoing the supposed power of the stone, an Irish bard of the early 19th century, Francis Sylvester Mahony , added a number of humorous lines to Richard Alfred Millikin's " The Groves of Blarney " right.


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According to tradition at Texas Tech University , a stone fragment on display since outside the old Electrical Engineering Building is a missing piece of the Blarney Stone. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Blarney Castle, by L.

Blarney: 12 Tales of Lies, Crime & Mystery

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 06, Elizabeth A. The meat of the collection is made up of six stories featuring Larry Erie, a retired detective turned P. Far from sitting back and enjoying the back pats, balloons and cake, Erie decides to give one of his cold cases a last going over and gets more than he bargained for.

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Early twentysomething Scottie Crocker lives with his aunt and cousin in a poor area of Chicago. Mar 12, Cathy Cole rated it really liked it. After reading several excellent high tension books in a row, I was in need of something good and something fun.

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That's when I remembered that I'd found yet another Steve Hockensmith short story collection, and all I had to do was grab my Kindle and find it. Once again, this author did not disappoint. Gathered together after being published in various magazines and anthologies and being nominated for-- and winning-- awards along the way , these twelve tales run the gamut of emotions and situatio After reading several excellent high tension books in a row, I was in need of something good and something fun.

Gathered together after being published in various magazines and anthologies and being nominated for-- and winning-- awards along the way , these twelve tales run the gamut of emotions and situations. For me, the weakest of the lot was "Fred Menace, Commie for Hire" about a Communist private investigator. Menace certainly knows how to wisecrack his way through dangerous situations, but I've never been a fan of the Humphrey Bogart-style gumshoe.

In "The Case of the Unfortunate Fortune Cookie" we learn why fortune cookies no longer contain real fortunes, and in "The MacGuffin Theft Case" there's a very amusing answer to why pizzas are round.

Blarney: 12 Tales of Lies, Crime & Mystery by Steve Hockensmith

Ex-cop turned private investigator Larry Erie stars in six of the twelve stories. Erie is a marvelous character, and I would love to see him in a full-length novel. Come on, Steve-- geriatric sleuths are In! The best story of the lot-- the one that tugs at your heart and really revs up your brain cells-- is "Didn't Do Nothing" about an innocent young man caught in the middle of a Chicago drug war.

I would tend to be suspicious of anyone who could read this and be unmoved by it.

Based on my reading his Homes on the Range historical mysteries and his short stories, Steve Hockensmith has rapidly become one of my favorite crime fiction authors. I never used to be a fan of short stories, but this man is almost single-handedly changing my mind.

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