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The Big Dipper seen from Fujian. The constellation of Ursa Major (Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle.The "bear" tradition is Indo-European (appearing in Greek, as well as in Vedic India), [7] but apparently the name "bear" has parallels in Siberian or North American traditions.
A modern variant of the Starry Plough flag. Members of the socialist political party Éirígí carry facsimile-Starry Plough flags in Derry, January 2013. The Starry Plough banner (Irish: An Camchéachta – the bent plough) is a flag which was originally used by the Irish Citizen Army, a socialist Irish republican movement, and subsequently adopted by other Irish political organizations.
Barry's Amusements was an amusement park in Northern Ireland.Located in the centre of Portrush, County Antrim, on the north coast, it was founded in 1925.The owners offered it for sale in 2019 and it was reported to be sold for redevelopment in 2021.
Big Dipper, or The Plough, an asterism consisting of the seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; The Plough and the Stars, a play by Sean O'Casey based on the Citizen Army's role in the Easter Rising The Plough and the Stars, 1937 American film based on the O'Casey play
The trains run on steel rails. The short trains make it possible to drive through very tight curve radii.The roller coasters are basically driven by a chain lift hill, whereby the wagon after the lift covers the rest of the distance solely through gravity.
Craps is the second studio album by the Boston band Big Dipper. [1] [2] It was released in 1988 on Homestead Records. [3] [4] The band supported the album with an East Coast tour. [5] The band considered it to be a pop album. [6] Craps was remastered and re-released in 2008 as part of Merge Records' Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology set ...
The Big Dipper was replaced with a modern steel roller coaster known as The Cyclone, but the funfair's popularity remained low. The accident along with development problems led to the fair's closure on 22 September 1974. [2] [1] The site of the disaster is no longer accessible to the public.
The largest dune at the site is known as The Big Dipper, which is the biggest of its kind in Wales. [2] The dune is the second-largest in Europe, measuring around 200 feet (61 m), smaller only than the Dune of Pilat in Western France. [4] The ruins of Candleston Castle are located on the edge of the dunes. [6]