The Unlucky Stone of Wexford, Ireland 1968
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2021
- Tales of mishap, casualty and bad luck for those coming into contact with a stone in Wexford.
Superstition is alive and well in Wexford. The retired lightship ‘Guillemot’, now a floating maritime museum at the Wexford Quays, is home to a stone which many believe to be unlucky.
Previously stationed at the Arklow sandbank, the ship contains an exhibition of items of nautical interest, acquired by the Wexford Maritime Institute. The museum has quickly become a tourist attraction, but visitors might do well to heed the advice of one retired mariner.
Bob Higginbottom went to sea when he was 16 years old, and served with the Commission of Irish Lights. He maintains that the stone, which an archaeologist claims dates from the 8th or 9th century, is unlucky, and should not be handled,
I wouldn’t touch it; I saw too many incidents happen.
Some unbelieving visitors have touched the stone. And a series of mishaps followed, in the form of accidents, punctured tyres, and one unfortunate man experienced both a flood and a fire in his home over the course of 24 hours.
Not normally superstitious, Bob Higginbottom is uneasy about having the stone on board since all these accidents started to happen. The challenge facing him now is finding someone who is willing to return it to the fairy fort where it allegedly came from,
The lorry driver that brought it in, one of our committee, he brought it in from Kilmore, and he won’t bring it back, but I will compel him to bring it back.
There is even a poem about the stone doing the rounds in Wexford at the moment,
And if you touch this rocky piece, your luck will surely change,
To run amok and come unstuck, like measles, or the mange.
So perhaps this reminder of what happened to others will make prospective visitors keep their hands to themselves,
They laughed all the way to the boat, but some of them are now in hospital.
This episode of ‘Newsbeat’ was broadcast on 3 December 1968. The reporter is Michael Ryan. - Розваги
My grandfather touched the stone when he was 17. 80 years later nearly to the day he died suddenly.
Ha Ha, Ha Ha , Flipping Ha Ha, I have a problem getting off the floor, I am suffering from belly laughtger, the doctor said there is no cure until I stop laughing haha
So the legend is true
Oh it's really true I know a guy who touched it he had 65 concussion in one year in fact he only lives a stones throw from me.
Touched the stone the last day. I'm actually dead right now.
For a dare an old friend of mine touched that stone and later that evening he turned to stone as he walked back to his home, every time I drive down that long winding road I wave to my old friend how turned to stone.
The poor man at 03:20 suffered a broken shoelace that very lunchtime.
I touched the stone at the bar one night and took a terrible tumble on the way home so I did. Tripped over summer that was never there. ‘‘Twas the Stone t be sure. ‘
3.16 absolute madman
After touching the stone, I drank 11 pints for my friends 32nd birthday celebration.
I crashed the car on the way home.
I'll never again touch that blasted stone.
Better than any sketch show. Hilarious.
That was the Holy Stone of Clonrickard, Seemly it ended up some poor Bishops arse
3.57 Stephen Donnellys legitimate grandfather
A BIT LIKE THE LONE BLACK THORN TREE
Never take anything from a faery rath. 😢
Someone throw it overboard ffs
It’s true, you know; my brother’s friend’s cousin lost his BitCoin wallet after touching the stone.
No drink involved with any of those people falling
I know a few who SHOULD handle that stone alright👹👹👹
Well I hope they returned the stone to the ringfort.
If you start a poor voyage, that's all you'll have ,different point of view, very different trip
Where was it found? Was it from a fairy ring?
Likely
That's what they said there.
What did they expect…
Exactly. They're powerful raths.
wile handlin'
One touched it and grew a beard 🤣
I tutched the stone and the stone died so am I unlucky for the stone