http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBG1TGCD5E.htmlIn His Boyhood, Bush Herded Sheep in Scotland
The Associated Press
Published: Feb 19, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Mungo Bush?
"Can you imagine if my name had been Mungo Bush?" the president joked Friday when a British reporter asked him to autograph a book for his son, Mungo. Bush seemed amused by the name.
The exchange occurred as Bush was being interviewed at the White House by European journalists in advance of his trip to Belgium, Germany and Slovakia, beginning Sunday. He also was looking forward to going to Scotland in July for a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations.
That prompted Bush to tell a tale about meeting a Texan when he was at a sheep farm in Scotland back in the 1950s.
"I worked there as a 14-year-old kid," Bush said. "I went from Texas to Scotland to work on a sheep farm. I'm riding a bike. ... A big tour bus stops. They got off and a woman with a Texas accent (said): 'Look at the little Scottish boy!'
"I kept my mouth shut," Bush said.