The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland's Folklore by David Keohan #foliosociety Our mother was dead

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The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland's Folklore by David Keohan #foliosociety Our mother was deadA compelling and heartwarming journey across Ireland to revive the lost tradition of stone lifting. When world kettlebell lifting champion David Keohan heard about old tales of stone lifting, he was captivated. So he set off on a quest to see if he could rediscover any of these famous stones, and whether he could match the feats of the heroes of the past by lifting them to allow the wind beneath the stone once more. Helped by a 1930s archive in which