Since Kirkintilloch is a place i know well your mention of Dugans Dew o'Kirkintilloch had me confused since I never remember a distillery there indeed it was a dry town till 1967. However a brief visit to the blog of an old native of the town brought an answer to the conundrum.

"There used to be occasions when Americans visiting Kirkintilloch asked to be directed to the Duggan's Dew distillery, and were disappointed to find that no such place existed.

In fact there was - and there still is - a popular whisky in America called "Duggan's Dew". The makers had taken the name from a series of short stories published in the Saturday Evening Post. Written by Guy Gilpatric 1896-1950, they featured Colin Glencannon, a ship's engineer on a tramp steamer who with his dog Mary had come originally from Kirkintilloch. He was very fond of a drink, his preference being the whisky made in his home town, and there was always a mention of "Duggan's Dew" in the stories. I believe a 39-episode series based on his adventures was produced for TV in the late 1950s but information about this is scarce.

The author himself had an adventurous life. An airman in the first World War, he became a stunt and test pilot, and took part in a number of films. In one film he had to crash a plane, but another "take" was needed, and he had to do it once more - with another plane, I presume. Incredible!"

The motto of the wee toon is still to be found on an old fountain on the main street and is apt to all whisky drinkers "Caw canny but caw awa"