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Taking a mouth full of water from the "Wishing
Well" I flustered across the uneven path, up and down and around the
columnar formation and scrambled up the mound to the "Wishing Chair" with
the feeling of an overgrown boy playing cheese-it. I took my turn at sitting
in the wonder seat. One of three wishes made here, my Irish friends told me,
would become a reality for certain. The seat was quite comfortable, if one
can find comfort by sitting on a rock.
For me to describe the wishing chair you will have to use your imagination
and pretend you are looking at a small hill made up of stone pillars. They
will average about fourteen inches in diameter and are of from four to seven
sides each, each side closely fitting the adjoining section. Graduating in
length from a few inches to a few feet, they pyramid into a closely knitted,
though, uneven pattern. Near the apex is a larger seven sided, stone
bordered on the back and sides by others of approximate length for the back
and arms of a rounded, over-stuffed easy type chair.
As I sat in this Wishing Chair" I thought of
the many times as a "wee lad" 1 had dwelt on how wonderful it would be if
one could have their wishes cone true. And now unfolding before my very eyes
was the opportunity. Just as simple as that! But I also wondered, since this
very spot was once inhabited by giants, how a giant could sit in a chair no
larger than your favorite in your own front room.
You are probably so confused by now if you
have read this far, that you haven’t the slightest idea of what I'm talking
about, yet it fits into one of the most interesting legends I have yet
heard.
I am speaking, as a whole, of the Giants'
Causeway. For quite some time I have been wanting to tell you about it. This
is a subject on which page after page has been written, and also one on
which a thumbnail description would give you a pretty good idea of what to
expect to see if you visited the place. Some people will tell you this is
one of the wonders of the world, though not included in the "Seven Wonders".
But be that as it may, here is a queer freak of nature, to say the least,
but one on which only little explanation of a convincing nature is available
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