School: Milford (roll number 10586)
- Location:
- Millford, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: James Mc Veigh
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- About 40 years ago there lived a man called Barney McLaughlin. He lived where Robert McElhinney's shop now stands. He was a carpenter and was locally known around Milford as "Barney the Moucher."
One day he went over to McCausland's shop which was owned by Mr. Ian McCausland's grand-father at that time and asked Mr. McCausland for a pair of green specks. Mr McCausland asked him what he wanted the green specks for. "Well," said Barney "I have two mouchers of pigs and I have no feeding for them and no money to buy any; but, I have plenty of wood-shavings and I want the green specks to put on the pigs to make them believe that it is kale they are getting."- Collector
- Meta Mc Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Millford, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr S. A. Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Millford, Co. Donegal