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Look up: blarney

  1. blarney
    [n] - flattery designed to gain favor
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Blarney
    Blar'ney (blär'nȳ) noun [ Blarney , a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [ Colloq.] Blarney stone , a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/63

  3. Blarney
    Blar'ney transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blarneyed (-nĭd); present participle & verbal noun Blarneying .] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/63

  4. blarney
    coaxing noun flattery designed to gain favor
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Blarney
    village, County Cork, Ireland, 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Cork city, famous for Blarney Castle ( 1446). Below the battlements on the southern wall of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/76

  6. Blarney
    Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century castle, are supposed to gain marvelous powers of persuasion and cajolery. The castle was militarily important in th...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A080

  7. Blarney
    `Blarney` ()--> is a town and townland in County Cork, abbr=on--> north-west of Cork (city)|Cork and is famed as the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Tourism: Blarney town is a major tourist attraction in County Cork. Mostly people come to see the castle, kiss the stone, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney

  8. Blarney
    (film) `Blarney` is a 1926 film directed by Marcel De Sano, a period piece about an Irish prizefighter. The film is considered lost. Plot: James (Ralph Graves), an Irish prizefighter, becomes involved with two New York girls. Cast: References: External links:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney

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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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