[RightWhale]

The stone is genuine.
What next? The King isn’t English?

[kms61]

There have been a lot of bloody minded monarchs in England’s history, but Edward I was one of the worst. Put him in the 20th century and he would have kept pace with Hitler and Stalin.

[GoforBroke]

This speculation has been around a long time. Liafail looked genuine enough when I saw it back in 2001.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

The Stone of Scone/Destiny

[blam]

[blam]

Stone of Destiny...Now Back in Scotland!

[JimSEA]

The First Minister revealed his views on the eve of the premiere of a Hollywood film about the theft of the stone.

Next they will be saying there are no leprechauns in Ire.

[wildbill]

Scotland’s Destiny was written in Scone...er...stone.

[x]

Better known as the Scone of Stone:

[Jeff Chandler]

(www.allmoviephoto.com)

[sasportas]

According to legend, Jacob used the ancient stone as a pillow when he dreamt of a ladder to heaven.

Intriguing legend. Or is there more to it than just a legend?

The Israelites, on their way to Palestine, supposedly carried Jacob’s stone with them when they left Egypt...along with Joseph’s bones. And the stone was used in the crowning of the kings of Israel...or so the story goes.

But, if this stone meant so much to the Jews, why did they allow the Irish to end up with it? Or rather the Scots, which supposedly carried it with them from Eire when they moved into Scotland.

Anybody know the details of this legend?

[wideminded]

The Coronation chair used to contain the Stone of Scone. When I saw the chair a few years ago in Westminster Abbey I was shocked that lots of people have managed to carve their initials into it. I thought this carving was a sign of the the times but according to Wikipedia it goes back over two centuries.

[gitmo]

Well Kiss My Blarney Stone.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks Blam. They should check the bottom, see if there's a little sliding door with a key inside. No one to ask who would know where the "real" stone wound up. When the Stone was heisted back in the 1950s, and finally returned some years later, it was suspected (and later claimed) that it wasn't the same stone. So, I guess the joke's on everyone who thinks they're emperor if some moistened bink lobs a scimitar at them. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[tarheelswamprat]

Well, we Americans have our own “Stone of Density”, aka John McCain’s brain...

[colorado tanker]

A great example of liberal thinking, blam. The Minister feels the stone isn't genuine, therefore it isn't.

Given what we know about Edward, I rather doubt anyone could have denied him what he wanted.

[editor-surveyor]

To the extent that they claim it to be the stone on which Jacob rested his head, it clearly is a fake. That stone could not have come from Israel.

[editor-surveyor]

"A spokesman for Westminster Abbey said she had always believed the stone was genuine."

Beliefs and feelings trump all!

[ApplegateRanch]

Petrified scone? Put some Devon clotted cream on it, and pass it off as genuine Dwarf bread.

[happygrl]

http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/coronation.htm
http://www.biblemysteries.com/library/jeremiah.htm
Make of it what you will.