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Some Recollections: The Story Of My Marriage And Honeymoon

From:		Mrs. Tom Thumb's Autobiography
Creator:		Lavinia Warren (author)
Date:		October 7, 1906
Publication:		New York Tribune Sunday Magazine
Source:		Available at selected libraries

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32		IN Ireland we were entertained most delightfully by members of the nobility, who reside in Dublin, and our levees in Rotunda Hall were crowded. We went to Phoenix Park, little dreaming the terrible associations it would later acquire; and took rides in a jaunting car,.

33		On a later visit to Ireland, with Mr. Stratton only, we visited Blarney Castle, and my husband insisted on being lowered by his feet till he was able to kiss the Blarney Stone, though I stoutly maintained the ceremony was quite superfluous for him. I gazed at the soles of his boots in mortal terror, and was thankful his weight was no greater.

34		We went the length and breadth of the island, repeating pleasant experiences at every turn. We were there at Christmas, but gave no levee that day, as the people look upon it as a holy day.