Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:21 pm
I know this is a bit off topic but I got this off one of those obscure arty farty sites about Northern Ireland:
Colin
Here is moreBelfast urban myths will be printed on cappuccino cups and bags of pigeon feed, in English, Italian, Japanese, French and Irish, to be disseminated by Venetians drinking coffee and tourists feeding pigeons.
'There was a Belfast character that used to walk the city streets with a toothless lion on a lead. His names was Buck Alec from Tigers Bay: C'era un personaggio a Beflast che aveva l'abitudine de passeggiare per le strade della citta' con un leone senza denti al guinzaglio. Si chiamava Buck Alec dalla baia delle Tigri.'
He even got a mention in parliament.Buck Alec. Kept a tiger in hsi yard up North Queen Street
Rumour has it he worked in America for on of the majoy mob families. I once spoke to a guy who lived close to him and Buck let him come in to see the Lion. I think from what I can gather this was quite a priviledge.Dangerous Wild Animals Act
3. Rev. Martin Smyth: If she will extend the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 to Northern Ireland. [32129]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Tony Worthington): Yes. The Government propose to introduce legislation equivalent to the 1976 Act under the Order in Council process.
Rev. Martin Smyth: I welcome that answer, but will legislation be introduced very soon? Although some of us believed that the days of Buck Alec's wee lion were over, we discover now that--in Seskinore and in other parts of Northern Ireland
Colin