Ould Lammas Fair Ould Lammas Fair The Auld Lammas Fair is a traditional fair held in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is associated with the Lammas harvest festival. The fair has been running for nearly 400 years, dating back to the 17th century. Various goods are traditionally sold at the fair. These include livestock and traditional foods such as Yellowman, a local variant of honeycomb and dulse, a type of edible seaweed. A ballad written by local shopkeeper and bog-oak carver John Henry MacAuley enhanced the local fame of the fair. MacAuley
Edible bullfrog "Milvus aegyptius", marabou stork "Leptoptilos crumeniferus", saddle-billed stork "Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis", intermediate egret "Mesophoyx intermedia", grey heron "Ardea cinerea" and black-headed heron "Ardea melanocephala". Some edible bullfrogs were seen to lunge at water birds that got too close, possibly these were males aggressively defending their territories. After spawning the males guard the tadpoles and may dig channels for them if their natal pool is drying out too quickly. Edible bullfrogs are locally, widely used for human consumption, although not a subsistence level. It is occasionally found in the international pet trade. A major threat to the populations of edible bullfrogs in