Is it sanitary to kiss the Blarney Stone?
Is it sanitary to kiss the Blarney Stone? Travel sites like to refer to the Blarney stone as “The World's Germiest Tourist Attraction”. With over 400,000 pairs of lips a year on it, it is far from clean room sterility. But the castle staff does use antibacterial spray on it throughout the day, just not between every kiss.
Why is it difficult to kiss the Blarney Stone?
I had heard that it was difficult to get to, but I figured that it was just because you had to climb to the top of a medieval castle via a tiny spiral staircase. Well, I was right about that part, but I didn't realize that you have to dangle upside down through a hole in the top of the castle to kiss the stone!