MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

358 Veterinary Remedies

Ulexspp., gorse. Worms (Isle of Man,^292 six Irish counties); botts (Mona-

ghan^293 ); coughs in cattle (Cavan^294 ); pains in horses (Galway^295 );

swellings (Meath^296 ).

Ulmus glabra,wych elm. Expulsion of afterbirth in cows (Berwickshire^297 ).

Umbilicus rupestris,navelwort (figure on page 135). Expulsion of after-

birth in cows (Mayo,^298 Wicklow^299 ); sore udders of cows (Merioneth-

shire^300 ); ‘sick cattle’ (Kerry^301 ); saddle galls on horses (Isle of Man^302 );

scruff on legs of a horse (Wicklow^303 ).

Urtica dioica,common nettle (figure on page 85). Red-water fever

(Kerry^304 ); ‘teart’, deficiency disease in cattle (Colonsay in the Inner

Hebrides^305 ); tonic for pigs, goats and rabbits (Norfolk^306 ); to ensure

pregnancy in a mare that has been served (Norfolk^307 ); blackhead

(Norfolk^308 ); pip (Tipperary^309 ).

Valeriana officinalis,common valerian. Distemper in dogs (Norfolk, in a

mixture^310 ).

Verbascum thapsus,great mullein (figure on page 251). Bovine tubercu-

losis (Kent^311 ); diarrhoea in cattle (England, unlocalised^312 ); sores on

‘animals’ (Co. Dublin^313 ).

Ve ronicaspp., speedwell. Worms (Isle of Man^314 ).

Viscum album,mistletoe (figure on page 166). Barrenness in cows (Isle of

Man^315 ); expulsion of afterbirth in cows (Essex,^316 Herefordshire^317 );

purge for sheep, and a gentle tonic for ewes after lambing

(Herefordshire^318 ).

ALGAE

*Characeae,stoneworts. ‘Gaa’, obscure disease of cattle supposedly of bilious
origin (Shetland^319 ).
Pelvetia canaliculata,channelled wrack. ‘Dry disease’ in cows (South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides^320 ).
Porphyraspp., slake. Spring purge for cows (Skye^321 ).

FUNGI

Lycoperdaceae, puffballs. Collar and saddle sores on horses, and to staunch

bleeding in cattle when polled (Wicklow^322 ).

Tr e m e l l aspp., jelly fungus. Purge for cattle (Skye^323 ).