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Guy Ward aka: Guido, Judge Guido, Sir Guy the Lie, Sir Guy the Guileless
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The Ward Family Crest |
The Ward Family Armor |
The Ward Castle aka Blarney Castle |
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Blarney is celebrated the world over for a stone on the parapet that
is said to endow whoever kisses it with the eternal gift of eloquence - the 'Gift of the
Gab'. The origin of this custom is unknown, though the word "blarney", meaning
to placate with soft talk or to deceive without offending, probably derives from the
stream of unfulfilled promises of Cormac MacDermot MacCarthy to the Lord President of
Munster in the late sixteenth century. Having seemingly agreed to deliver his castle to
the Crown, he continuously delayed doing so with soft words, which came to be known as
"Blarney talk" aka "Wardspeak".