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 Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times
London Stone shrouded in mystery and myths |
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The "striking the stone with a sword" part sounds like the legend of King Arthur, "the sword in the stone."
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times
London Stone shrouded in mystery and myths |
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The "striking the stone with a sword" part sounds like the legend of King Arthur, "the sword in the stone."
Sounds like a lot of blarney to me.
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Regards,
The Mayor of London used to have his chair in London’s Wool House placed above a stone that represented a wool sack, as it represented the source of London’s wealth and status among the nations of Europe. That was way back around 1100 a.d.
The ancient wood buildings of the 12th century are all gone now. But I wonder if this is the same stone?
Sometimes a rock is just a rock. ;)
Someone should get a geologist out there to study it and find out where its from.
"I have a bad feeling about this..."
There is a far more intresting stone in England. It goes by several names, Stone of Destiny, Lia Fail Stone, Coronation Stone. Jacob’s Pillar.
It has a long long history and resides underneath the coronation throne in Westminster Abby and all English Monarch’s are enthroned sitting over it, well except for current resident Queen, the rock was stolen by Scottish guys who wanted it back in Scotland.
Anyways google it or whatever search engine you use and read about it...fascinating stuff anyhows...
England rocks!
Freegards,
Lex
Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and poet William Blake all wrote about the stone. One 15th century rebel declared himself ruler of London by striking it with his sword.
Sometimes a stone is just a stone, but a good cigar is forever.
Interesting, thanks. I have seen the Stone of Scone and kissed the Blarney Stone but I never heard of this one.
The rock is a very old unit of mensuration that defines limit of movement to "within a stones throw".