I thought I'd use this post to talk about the information I've gathered from various sources; some of it is not quite organized in my head, and when this happens I can confuse things. But based on what I now know I am revising some of my theories and targeting other areas to find out more about.
First, I had assumed that part of the "two boys stole a pig" legend was true: that I was looking for brothers that left Scotland, came over to Northern Ireland for a short while, then headed off to Pennsylvania to start a new life. My best guess was John (1788) and Robert (1796), who though eight years apart were the only two of a large family that had any known tracks in the new world. But more recent information has told me that their father John (~1750) was married in Pennsylvania; his wife died; he went back to Ireland and had six children with Geneva Jane Crawford, and then came back and resettled in Cecil County Maryland. In addition he had one child by his first wife, who was raised by grandparents, but that much is not very clear. He had seven altogether? They all came of age in Maryland???
But this makes it more likely that he, JOhn Sr., was one of the pig boys, because that story has him landing here, trying it out, deciding that maybe he wasn't ready, heading back...the other candidate for pig-stealer would be his brother James, who has a whole clan in Wallace Run Pennsylvania based on the fact that he arrived there a little earlier than the others.
We can see why Robert, who was only one when his father and Geneva Jane brought him and his five siblings to Maryland, found his way to Pennsylvania after he served in the War of 1812 (in which he was sixteen at best). His uncle James was up there establishing a family and by now had been there for a while (how long, I haven't determined). But his mother's sister Elizabeth was up there too. He had an aunt on his mother's side, and an uncle on his father's. Wallace Run was the place for him. But there's no pig-stealing in Robert's life - he was in the new world from the age of one.
Obviously I need to solidify the timeline. When did James get to Wallace Run? When did Elizabeth get there? Who else might have been there to draw them to begin with?
John Wallace Sr. and his brother James have very sketchy biographical information but it would be possible to find more, perhaps. John married his first wife in about 1772 and somewhere I found geography for that, somewhere in Pennsylvania I believe. So if John and James came together, as pig fugitives, it would be right before 1772, I presume. And John would now be about seventeen? That's beginning to make more sense. First time through Northern Ireland, they didn't even stop for long. But they did have connections, and saw and met people, enough so that John could go back and remarry.
Among John Sr.'s 6 + 1 children, John and Robert have the clearest trail, but the first, William, has a trail too that I haven't looked into much. The claim is that he's son of the first wife, and never left the country, but was raised by his grandparents. I'd like to see that, know more about it. One woman found a William Andrew Wallace (1774) - could that be him? My parents' genealogy has a William Walllace 1773 but no other information. There is also a Jane Wallace (>1784). But all the last six, including John Jr. and. Robert, would have grown up pretty much in Cecil County Maryland. Surely there is a trace? Or some clues in the raising of William Andrew?
I like the story about being thrown in jail for opposition to the Catholic Church. This however was Elizabeth's husband, who yes followed her to Pennsylvania. A relative not an ancestor. But sure as heck a Penssylvanian. Maybe Scott Township was named after him, or his kin.
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
From the Find-a-Grave pages
This one is from the Geneva Jane Crawford Wallace page:
Her father was a fisherman in County Down Ireland. She married, "John Wallace, who after the death of his first wife, returned to Ireland and married a Miss Crawford, a sister of Mrs. John Scott , well known in the pioneer days of Beaver county. He remained near Londonderry until his children, six in number, were born, and in 1797 returned to America and settled in Cecil county, Md."
And this one is from her sister Elizabeth Crawford Scott:
Her father was a fisherman in County Down Ireland. She was married to, John Scott, and had four children, two being born in Ireland. She died in Chippewa Township. She had a sister in America, Mrs. John Wallace , whose son, Robert Wallace, lived in Beaver County also.
"My great-great grandfather, Crawford, was a fisherman. He lived in County Down, Ireland, At one time there was a great storm at sea. Grandfather and sons thought it was too bad to go out, and so stayed at home. All who did go out were lost and nearly all of the children and wives were left orphans and widows. After a time his daughter, Elizabeth, married a young fellow by the name of John Scott.
He was an earnest christian as well as a good weaver. He was in the habit of noon-day prayer. When working in the bog, he would stop at noon for prayer. He had one brother, David, who never married. He made his home with my grandfather for a time.
John Scott's, wife Elizabeth, 'was a small woman, and in her old days she was very much bent over and went crippling around. She was much loved by her grandchildren. I have heard father tell of her slipping money into his hand and telling him it was for his spending money. They lived together for a time. They had two children while in Ireland, one of whom was my grandfather.
About this time the Catholics got into power. Great grandfather made some remarks about the Catholics, which was in some way repeated to them and they put him, in prison. While he was in prison, it was decided that his wife should go to America. So with her two boys she left the Emerald lsle for America. What a sad aching heart she must have had!
She left her husband in prison not knowing what his fate would be. She came to Baltimore, Md. And stayed one year, when her husband came. He had been exiled from Ireland to America. In a very few years they moved to Beaver Co., Pa. He farmed the most of the time, though he never gave up his weaving. He made all kinds of cloth. They often made whole suits and gave them to their grandchildren.
Their children numbered four: William, John, Jane, James.
Great grandfather died in 1844, aged 82 yrs. His wife, died in 1853 aged 94."--Fay Scott Oline (Dec. 24, 1904)
Here are a couple of comments about the above. First, Lena Faye Scott Oline's Find-a-Grave site is here. Her father is David Scott, grandfather William Scott, great-grandfather John Scott Sr.; great grandmother Elizabeth Crawford Scott, sister of our Geneva Jane. This would make her something like my third cousin four times removed; in other words, she is a third cousin of my great great grandfather, J.J. Wallace the doctor.
Her ancestor who was jailed for speaking against the Catholic church does not appear to be my ancestor. Crawford the fisherman would be, as his daughter Geneva Jane was matriarch of our clan. Her great grandfather was John Scott Sr.; his wife who went without him, and with the two boys already born in Ireland, was Elizabeth Crawford Scott, Geneva Jane's sister. Elizabeth was quite brave, and fortunately he came and joined her. She had a daughter Jane who married a Wallace in Beaver County and had thirteen children, all Wallaces for a while at least. Her presence in Beaver Falls would be a good reason for any of Geneva Jane's children to go there and end up there, as some did.
Her father was a fisherman in County Down Ireland. She married, "John Wallace, who after the death of his first wife, returned to Ireland and married a Miss Crawford, a sister of Mrs. John Scott , well known in the pioneer days of Beaver county. He remained near Londonderry until his children, six in number, were born, and in 1797 returned to America and settled in Cecil county, Md."
And this one is from her sister Elizabeth Crawford Scott:
Her father was a fisherman in County Down Ireland. She was married to, John Scott, and had four children, two being born in Ireland. She died in Chippewa Township. She had a sister in America, Mrs. John Wallace , whose son, Robert Wallace, lived in Beaver County also.
"My great-great grandfather, Crawford, was a fisherman. He lived in County Down, Ireland, At one time there was a great storm at sea. Grandfather and sons thought it was too bad to go out, and so stayed at home. All who did go out were lost and nearly all of the children and wives were left orphans and widows. After a time his daughter, Elizabeth, married a young fellow by the name of John Scott.
He was an earnest christian as well as a good weaver. He was in the habit of noon-day prayer. When working in the bog, he would stop at noon for prayer. He had one brother, David, who never married. He made his home with my grandfather for a time.
John Scott's, wife Elizabeth, 'was a small woman, and in her old days she was very much bent over and went crippling around. She was much loved by her grandchildren. I have heard father tell of her slipping money into his hand and telling him it was for his spending money. They lived together for a time. They had two children while in Ireland, one of whom was my grandfather.
About this time the Catholics got into power. Great grandfather made some remarks about the Catholics, which was in some way repeated to them and they put him, in prison. While he was in prison, it was decided that his wife should go to America. So with her two boys she left the Emerald lsle for America. What a sad aching heart she must have had!
She left her husband in prison not knowing what his fate would be. She came to Baltimore, Md. And stayed one year, when her husband came. He had been exiled from Ireland to America. In a very few years they moved to Beaver Co., Pa. He farmed the most of the time, though he never gave up his weaving. He made all kinds of cloth. They often made whole suits and gave them to their grandchildren.
Their children numbered four: William, John, Jane, James.
Great grandfather died in 1844, aged 82 yrs. His wife, died in 1853 aged 94."--Fay Scott Oline (Dec. 24, 1904)
Here are a couple of comments about the above. First, Lena Faye Scott Oline's Find-a-Grave site is here. Her father is David Scott, grandfather William Scott, great-grandfather John Scott Sr.; great grandmother Elizabeth Crawford Scott, sister of our Geneva Jane. This would make her something like my third cousin four times removed; in other words, she is a third cousin of my great great grandfather, J.J. Wallace the doctor.
Her ancestor who was jailed for speaking against the Catholic church does not appear to be my ancestor. Crawford the fisherman would be, as his daughter Geneva Jane was matriarch of our clan. Her great grandfather was John Scott Sr.; his wife who went without him, and with the two boys already born in Ireland, was Elizabeth Crawford Scott, Geneva Jane's sister. Elizabeth was quite brave, and fortunately he came and joined her. She had a daughter Jane who married a Wallace in Beaver County and had thirteen children, all Wallaces for a while at least. Her presence in Beaver Falls would be a good reason for any of Geneva Jane's children to go there and end up there, as some did.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Geneva Jane Crawford
I feel like I've cracked the case wide open because I've found personal testimony that is more powerful than the information that I had. Geneva Jane, I believe, is the key to the whole picture.
The family legend - that two boys stole a pig in Scotland, hightailed it for Northern Ireland, holed up there, then found their way to Pennsylvania - is still possible in some form or another. I have assumed that at its base it is at least partly true. They were Scot; they were in Ireland for a while, either in the northern part or in the southern; they were attracted to Pennsylvania and at least some of them ended up there as did thousands of others, and hundreds even from the Wallace clan. I had inferred that the two boys involved would be John and Robert, since they were the only ones we had birthdates for or anything approaching descendants.
In the genealogy are John and Robert's unknown siblings, and then their father remarrying Geneva Jane after they were born; this would make Geneva Jane a stepmother. but I found Janes on down the genealogy and even one great grandchild (I think?) named Geneva Jane; and, even in our line, a John Crawford Wallace who named his son John Crawford Jr., and his son John Crawford III, and down now to John Crawford IV. Wanting to keep that Crawford could just be wanting to associate with the name, but I think originally it was a tribute to Geneva Jane.
So when I read the accounts, which I will reprint in the above posts, I tend to believe them: that John married in the US; his wife died; he returned to Ireland; his children were all born in Ireland; and then he came back to the USA to resettle in Cecil County Maryland. The sons however settled far and wide; our ancestor settled in Wallace Run, where the aunt and an uncle were; John settled in Ohio; William I'm not sure of; maybe the last one was Uncle James, also in Beaver County? I may be getting confused about the generations here.
But in any case that would put the pig boys in the earlier generation. John and maybe his brother James?
Upon his return to Ireland, John found Geneva Jane, married her (probably) and had the four children, then, in Ireland. And this may not have been Londonderry, but rather further south. Her sister Elizabeth somehow ended up in Pennsylvania too. I'll have to read and reread, see if I can make sense of it. I'm tending toward believing these personal accounts over the guesses of our own genealogy. And Geneva Jane is definitely at the center of it.
The family legend - that two boys stole a pig in Scotland, hightailed it for Northern Ireland, holed up there, then found their way to Pennsylvania - is still possible in some form or another. I have assumed that at its base it is at least partly true. They were Scot; they were in Ireland for a while, either in the northern part or in the southern; they were attracted to Pennsylvania and at least some of them ended up there as did thousands of others, and hundreds even from the Wallace clan. I had inferred that the two boys involved would be John and Robert, since they were the only ones we had birthdates for or anything approaching descendants.
In the genealogy are John and Robert's unknown siblings, and then their father remarrying Geneva Jane after they were born; this would make Geneva Jane a stepmother. but I found Janes on down the genealogy and even one great grandchild (I think?) named Geneva Jane; and, even in our line, a John Crawford Wallace who named his son John Crawford Jr., and his son John Crawford III, and down now to John Crawford IV. Wanting to keep that Crawford could just be wanting to associate with the name, but I think originally it was a tribute to Geneva Jane.
So when I read the accounts, which I will reprint in the above posts, I tend to believe them: that John married in the US; his wife died; he returned to Ireland; his children were all born in Ireland; and then he came back to the USA to resettle in Cecil County Maryland. The sons however settled far and wide; our ancestor settled in Wallace Run, where the aunt and an uncle were; John settled in Ohio; William I'm not sure of; maybe the last one was Uncle James, also in Beaver County? I may be getting confused about the generations here.
But in any case that would put the pig boys in the earlier generation. John and maybe his brother James?
Upon his return to Ireland, John found Geneva Jane, married her (probably) and had the four children, then, in Ireland. And this may not have been Londonderry, but rather further south. Her sister Elizabeth somehow ended up in Pennsylvania too. I'll have to read and reread, see if I can make sense of it. I'm tending toward believing these personal accounts over the guesses of our own genealogy. And Geneva Jane is definitely at the center of it.
Percival Nott
Percival Nott married Jane Wallace, who would have been a cousin I believe of our Robert Wallace, father of ten and patriarch of a clan of New Castle Wallaces. Jane was in Ohio, and so was Percival, in a small town in Morgan County. They had eleven kids, ten of whom I missed in the first pass-around; I knew of only William.
Percival died in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. He left Jane and the eleven kids behind.
His grandson Elmer moved down to Athens Ohio and worked in a coal mine. But the mine had an explosion, in 1922. Elmer lived but was never the same again. He died at the age of 58, leaving nine kids behind.
They are cousins, distant, not ancestors. But I'm enjoying learning about their lives.
Percival died in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. He left Jane and the eleven kids behind.
His grandson Elmer moved down to Athens Ohio and worked in a coal mine. But the mine had an explosion, in 1922. Elmer lived but was never the same again. He died at the age of 58, leaving nine kids behind.
They are cousins, distant, not ancestors. But I'm enjoying learning about their lives.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Tracking down Elmer Nott
My pursuit of relatives and ancestors has led me to the hollows of southeastern Ohio and to Elmer Nott, a coal miner who died from an accident, leaving nine children. This was still a couple generations back, but it virtually guarantees that I have living relatives, and I've got a few observations about the process.
It started out that, if the story of two brothers stealing a pig, going to Northern Ireland, and from there to Pennsylvania is true, then my conclusion was that these two brothers were our Robert, who had ten kids in a house on Wallace Run in Beaver Falls, and his brother John Jr., who was eight years older, but was the only of the siblings anyone knew anything about. So I was curious what happened to John Jr., the older brother. Remember that Robert enlisted in the War of 1812 at the age of only sixteen, and at that time John Jr. would have been 24. His wife was from Pennsylvania and his daughter was born there, but he seems to have moved west to Morgan County Ohio where Pennsylvania relatives knew only his death date.
His daughter was an only child, and if my accounts are correct, her son was an only child, and so was his son, Elmer, who was born in Morgan County. But I'm not sure I trust these accounts, because sometimes they only mention the one that concerns them. Or they list only what they've found. It was the daughter that married Percival Nott; the Notts appear to be a big family with lots of members especially in Michigan and Minnesota.
These sites list John Jr.'s birthplace as Londonderry, as one source listed Robert's as simply Ireland. This leads to the question of how long these brothers were actually in Northern Ireland - more than a generation? Maybe they weren't the ones who stole the pig. They are the only two children of that generation that we know anything about.
There are variations in the story that comes out about Elmer. There are different birth dates for him, for example, which leads me to bellieve people may be confusing different Elmers. In some accounts the Nott family is spelled with a K. It's Find a Grave that lists nine children for him, and I trust it more than the others, which can be much more random. But even Find a Grave is not always right. It too is constructed by people who make assumptions, though when they find the graves themselves, the cold hard facts are sometimes etched right into them.
Elmer was born in 1876. The mine accident was in 1922, when he was 46. But he was virtually bed-ridden until his death in 1935, thirteen years, and who knows how those nine kids were supported. He reminds me of that old saw, "coal mine, moon shine, or walk on down the line," and of my father's advice, when we lived in coal country, to avoid those mines at all costs. Is it even possible? I'll investigate his descendants; I find it interesting what happened to people.
It started out that, if the story of two brothers stealing a pig, going to Northern Ireland, and from there to Pennsylvania is true, then my conclusion was that these two brothers were our Robert, who had ten kids in a house on Wallace Run in Beaver Falls, and his brother John Jr., who was eight years older, but was the only of the siblings anyone knew anything about. So I was curious what happened to John Jr., the older brother. Remember that Robert enlisted in the War of 1812 at the age of only sixteen, and at that time John Jr. would have been 24. His wife was from Pennsylvania and his daughter was born there, but he seems to have moved west to Morgan County Ohio where Pennsylvania relatives knew only his death date.
His daughter was an only child, and if my accounts are correct, her son was an only child, and so was his son, Elmer, who was born in Morgan County. But I'm not sure I trust these accounts, because sometimes they only mention the one that concerns them. Or they list only what they've found. It was the daughter that married Percival Nott; the Notts appear to be a big family with lots of members especially in Michigan and Minnesota.
These sites list John Jr.'s birthplace as Londonderry, as one source listed Robert's as simply Ireland. This leads to the question of how long these brothers were actually in Northern Ireland - more than a generation? Maybe they weren't the ones who stole the pig. They are the only two children of that generation that we know anything about.
There are variations in the story that comes out about Elmer. There are different birth dates for him, for example, which leads me to bellieve people may be confusing different Elmers. In some accounts the Nott family is spelled with a K. It's Find a Grave that lists nine children for him, and I trust it more than the others, which can be much more random. But even Find a Grave is not always right. It too is constructed by people who make assumptions, though when they find the graves themselves, the cold hard facts are sometimes etched right into them.
Elmer was born in 1876. The mine accident was in 1922, when he was 46. But he was virtually bed-ridden until his death in 1935, thirteen years, and who knows how those nine kids were supported. He reminds me of that old saw, "coal mine, moon shine, or walk on down the line," and of my father's advice, when we lived in coal country, to avoid those mines at all costs. Is it even possible? I'll investigate his descendants; I find it interesting what happened to people.
Monday, May 12, 2025
The hanging judge
There is, in our genealogy, a judge who sentence someone to death. This happened around the turn of the century, and was a well-publicized trial. When my cousin mentioned to me "pictures of the hanging judge" I was curious, but I figured, I should learn more about this. He is the topic of my present inquiry.
His name was William Davies Wallace, and he's a problem in our genealogy for this reason. Apparently he had only a daughter, Beatrice. But his brother, John Crawford Wallace the druggist, had four children, and my grandfather was the third of them. The fourth was a guy named William D. Wallace, and this William D. Wallace apparently had a son who would have been William D. Wallace Jr. or William D. Wallace II.
Now the name William Davies Wallace has been given to these two, or written into genealogies, but I'm not sure J.C.'s son was William Davies. Perhaps he was just William D. something else and people assumed that D. was for Davies (it could have been). But my confusion was, I thought that if there was a William Davies Wallace II that they would have to be the son of the hanging judge. And they're not. It's possible that the name Davies has been added on in this situation, or it's possible that J.C. named his kid William Davies Wallace in spite of having a brother by the same name. I find that second possibility a slim chance, but I'm still looking.
The hanging judge, by virtue of his prominence, is one of the more famous Wallaces of Wallace Run, New Castle, and Beaver Falls. He was involved in some kind of scrape when he became a judge, and being a judge got him out of it. I'm not sure of the whole story, but I'll find out.
His name was William Davies Wallace, and he's a problem in our genealogy for this reason. Apparently he had only a daughter, Beatrice. But his brother, John Crawford Wallace the druggist, had four children, and my grandfather was the third of them. The fourth was a guy named William D. Wallace, and this William D. Wallace apparently had a son who would have been William D. Wallace Jr. or William D. Wallace II.
Now the name William Davies Wallace has been given to these two, or written into genealogies, but I'm not sure J.C.'s son was William Davies. Perhaps he was just William D. something else and people assumed that D. was for Davies (it could have been). But my confusion was, I thought that if there was a William Davies Wallace II that they would have to be the son of the hanging judge. And they're not. It's possible that the name Davies has been added on in this situation, or it's possible that J.C. named his kid William Davies Wallace in spite of having a brother by the same name. I find that second possibility a slim chance, but I'm still looking.
The hanging judge, by virtue of his prominence, is one of the more famous Wallaces of Wallace Run, New Castle, and Beaver Falls. He was involved in some kind of scrape when he became a judge, and being a judge got him out of it. I'm not sure of the whole story, but I'll find out.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Descended from Braveheart?
Looking into the Wallace genealogy I took a break from the more specific ones I was researching, namely a Dr. William Wallace of Washington DC, born sometime before or after 1926 (I was trying to figure out which), to find out about a few legends in the family. It is said that all Wallaces want to claim direct lineage from Braveheart, a William Wallace of about 1290 who fought fiercely against the English. Why then should we be any exception?
Well you don't get very far before you learn that the Braveheart William Wallace had no sons, and claims that he had a daughter somewhere are pretty thin, and even his brother's descendants seem to have died out, so the best one could claim would be to be related to him. But nevertheless many people have claimed to be directly descended from him, and one even claimed to have his kilt, while historians point out that kilts didn't show up until about 1500.
The Braveheart William Wallace was a large man, and fierce. But he was from Ayreshire, and his mother was a Crawford, and that rung a bell. The man at the top of our genealogy was a William Wallace, in the 1700's, and was from Ayreshire. When one of our early (1700s) Wallaces married a Crawford, others kept the name as long as possible, to the point that in the modern day we are dealing with John Crawford Wallace IV and V - they want to keep the name Crawford if only to make a point. And what would be the point? Well, the Crawford clan is a little more thorough about tracking its descendants, and it's more likely to go back to Braveheart's mother than to Braveheart himself. In other words, it's possible we could track our ancestors back to relatives of Braveheart, but more likely through the Crawfords than the Wallaces.
There are about 28 generations between today and Braveheart, someone said, and this directly contradicts those who said things like "Braveheart was my great great great great grandfather" - no, he lived in about 1290. Records are thin. Scholars are all over him, and they're still thin.
But I can say this. Finding a William Wallace today is like finding a needle in a haystack. I need a middle name, and a birth year, and in this case I don't have either, and I'm not sure what I'll do though I haven't exhausted the options. Scottish settlers filled up the Americas and scattered widely, not hanging around in enclaves of other Scottish settlers as, say, the Italians and others tended to do. Some, like my Uncle Bones, only male carrying the Wallace name, ended up out in the desert or someplace surrounded more by snakes and desert rabbits than other people let alone other Scots. But they didn't forget Scotland and that's why they'd name their kids William Wallace and carry on like they could trace everything right back. There's no tracing it right back, it seems. You get back to Ayreshire, and it gets muddy pretty quickly.
Well you don't get very far before you learn that the Braveheart William Wallace had no sons, and claims that he had a daughter somewhere are pretty thin, and even his brother's descendants seem to have died out, so the best one could claim would be to be related to him. But nevertheless many people have claimed to be directly descended from him, and one even claimed to have his kilt, while historians point out that kilts didn't show up until about 1500.
The Braveheart William Wallace was a large man, and fierce. But he was from Ayreshire, and his mother was a Crawford, and that rung a bell. The man at the top of our genealogy was a William Wallace, in the 1700's, and was from Ayreshire. When one of our early (1700s) Wallaces married a Crawford, others kept the name as long as possible, to the point that in the modern day we are dealing with John Crawford Wallace IV and V - they want to keep the name Crawford if only to make a point. And what would be the point? Well, the Crawford clan is a little more thorough about tracking its descendants, and it's more likely to go back to Braveheart's mother than to Braveheart himself. In other words, it's possible we could track our ancestors back to relatives of Braveheart, but more likely through the Crawfords than the Wallaces.
There are about 28 generations between today and Braveheart, someone said, and this directly contradicts those who said things like "Braveheart was my great great great great grandfather" - no, he lived in about 1290. Records are thin. Scholars are all over him, and they're still thin.
But I can say this. Finding a William Wallace today is like finding a needle in a haystack. I need a middle name, and a birth year, and in this case I don't have either, and I'm not sure what I'll do though I haven't exhausted the options. Scottish settlers filled up the Americas and scattered widely, not hanging around in enclaves of other Scottish settlers as, say, the Italians and others tended to do. Some, like my Uncle Bones, only male carrying the Wallace name, ended up out in the desert or someplace surrounded more by snakes and desert rabbits than other people let alone other Scots. But they didn't forget Scotland and that's why they'd name their kids William Wallace and carry on like they could trace everything right back. There's no tracing it right back, it seems. You get back to Ayreshire, and it gets muddy pretty quickly.
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