The Curious Case of the White-Faced Wedder Hoggs

Lost Livestock, Local Lingo, and Life in 19th Century Campbeltown

Somewhere between the winding country roads of Westport and Ballachantee, a Highland mystery once trotted off into the heather — and no, it wasn’t a ghost or a clansman, but a few missing sheep with personality to spare. In the pages of The Argyleshire Herald, tucked between ads for quey calves and concentrated manures, we stumble across a headline that is as delightfully bewildering as it is deeply local:

“Lost, somewhere between Westport and Ballachantee — Three white-faced Wedder Hoggs, double back bit far lug. Ewe, single back bit far lug.”

Wait, what? Let’s unravel this rustic riddle.