Pigs I Have Known

"Pigs I Have Known" is the title of an account of the trials and tribulations of pig-keeping in Scotland in the 1950s by Sacha Carnegie (1920-1999); published in the United Kingdom in 1958.

Carnegie ran a pig farm at RNAS Merganser, Crimond (Rattray) (Cdr. Hon Alexander Bannerman Carnegie RN, 2nd son of 10th Earl of Southesk). The pigsty was guarded by some of the most ferocious hornets known to entomology. not to mention ferocious guard dogs. Access to the pigsty, was over a very noisy and rickety wooden bridge, then there was a moat of very noisy gravel to contend with. The Pigs were intended as food for the Base Canteen. Brigadeer Dobie of the Catering Corps saw to the security arrangements. The base is not far from Aberdeen and with a secure contract from The Catering Corps, he builds up the business from scratch into a paying concern. Those visiting the pigsty were advised to allow one of the hornets to sting the intruder, but not to harm the large insect. if that happened the entire swarm would muster and attack in mass. the sentinel hornet must be allowed to return to base and give the all clear. very painful for a youth, but a good lesson in survival in the wild. The reader is introduced to a wide variety of pleasant and less pleasant pigs and pleasant and less pleasant people.