McMahon, who described Ireland as "a wonderful place to beachcomb. "It's something that washes up on Sable Island from time to time and originates in the Caribbean," said Mrs. Staff at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax recognized a heart-shaped seed pod they had collected as a tropical bean. "I told the men (who operate the museum's aquarium): nobody can get over it!"Īnd the lobster tag wasn't the only mysterious beach find the family was able to identify during its trip. "Imagine washing up in Ireland after six years!" she said.
It had the number 32 on it, meaning district 32 along the Eastern shore, and the year 1991. Tanner, who immediately recognized the object as one of the tags used to identify the traps of licensed lobster fishermen. "They said they had a question - they wondered what this was," said Mrs. While there, they approached museum attendant Brenda Tanner. The real purpose of the tag was revealed last week when the family, residents of the county Wicklow, visited the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg. They thought it was an identification band, similar to those placed on birds. "It had the letters L-O-B," said Lindy's mom, Liz McMahon. She did show it to her parents and sister, who together surmised it had something to do with lobster.
So Lindy, knowing she and her family were coming to Canada this fall, decided to keep the oddity. Closer inspection revealed it was a band of some sort but the word on the band was what really caught her eye.Ĭanada, it read in bold black letters. September 24, 1997: Eight-year-old Lindy Wilson was walking along the beach in West Cork, Ireland, when she spotted a piece of bright blue plastic. An Incredible Journey: From Nova Scotia to Ireland to Lunenburg's Fisheries Museum!
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