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It’s a sun and fun weekend

... issue a warning yesterday that it was not wise to throw stones at stranded red jellyfish on the beach. “Bricks and stones thrown at the creature could cause the jellyfish to splash apart and the sting could be thrown out. This c# cause painful stinging ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 384 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Confidence

... was ocean deep in spite of the fact that her longest swim to date was only “a mile and a bit” and even though there were jelly-fish and* basking sharks in the area. Once on the island itself final preparations immediately got underway. Most of the swimmers ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1978
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Marathon swim fails

... Marathon swim fails MARATHON swimmer Stella Taylor, who endured jellyfish stings and shark scares during 51 hours in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday gave up her latest attempt to become the first person to swim from the Bahamas to Florida. Crew members aboard ...

Published: Wednesday 04 October 1978
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 78 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Stored

... set: ting amouf some marine animals of the Atlantic Qcean, - including a thresher shark, shoals of herring, mackerel and jellyfish, with a menster squid -as a. next-door neighbour. He wall be complete, even down to the tiny barnacles, each less than a ...

Published: Saturday 24 July 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DAILY BUSINESS e DEVALUATION WARNING BY UNION CHIEF

... higher unemployent and probably a further devaluation, a union ief warned in London yesterday—and he hit at e Government’s “jellyfish approach to the ..nomy. R ———— Mr. Roy Grantham, general ~rotary of the Association of ofessional, Executive, Cleriv and ...

Published: Monday 12 June 1972
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

RECORD – SWIM

... stars’ award-winning picture “The Sting”. “All the swimmers in the annual Carrick to Crawfordsburn race were badly stung by jellyfish.” Irish Long Distance Swimming Association secretary David Bell, who himself finished last of the four finishers in the ...

Published: Tuesday 27 July 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 131 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

CHANNEL BID FAILS

... nel y““l'day- f:ome crossing ‘;:;n Do.‘gh‘t but I do not know how to beat Swarms of jeliyish stung dee to Scotiand. the jellyfish,” he said vesterbhim over the top of his body, His altempt began at 830 day. ...

Published: Tuesday 22 August 1972
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Double bid for North Channel

... Channel from Donaghadee to Scotland in the amazing time of 11 hours 21 minutes. His biggest difficulty then was shoals of jellyfish and this time Kevin has plans to defeat the menace. A Jjellyfish net, which can ‘be attached to the side of the accompanying ...

Published: Wednesday 25 August 1971
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

—Guns found in— Moy dug-out Troops yesterday found two rifles and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in a dug-out

... in a suburb of Darwin, but it could be some time before nude bathers take the plunge. The waters are infested with lethal jellyfish, known locally as Sea wWasps. Air ace fined Former world air speed record holder Neville Duke (54). was fined €ll at Chichester ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 188 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Enjoying

... in other Irish swims. bodies; grease containing vaseline to keep out the cold. anti-ergsnnine to reduce the effects of jellyfish stings and various additives like paraffin to suit perscnal idiosyncracies. Each swimmer was also having discussions with ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1978
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 219 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

When necessity was the mother of A COLLECTIVE MURMURATION

... were mainly concerned with the hunt or the chase. These appeared in such 15th century works spring of teal” and “a smack of jellyfish.” Mr. Lipton, a lover of the English language, has a special place in his heart i..0 ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1970
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

takes to water te escape is said to ‘take soil. When dropping its antlers in the Spring a stag ‘mews

... a ‘pod’ of seals or a ‘murder’ of crows. Most people know of a ‘spring’ of teal and a 'wisfi’ of snipe, but a ‘smack’ of jellyfish, a ‘gulp’ of cormorants, a ‘flight’ of swallows, a ‘parliament’ of owls, a ‘building’ of rooks, a ‘seoife' of herons, a ‘deceit’ ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1974
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 299 | Page: 5 | Tags: none