Sign for the Mucky Duck
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sign for the Mucky Duck by Maigheach-gheal as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 25 Oct 2010
Several pubs have officially adopted this name, which usually began as a nickname for the Black Swan. The nickname was sometimes inspired by a badly painted sign. There is also a naval tradition of calling HMS Black Swan the Mucky Duck.