MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

350 Veterinary Remedies

strangles.A commonly fatal, highly contagious bacterial infection of the

lymph glands round the neck and jaw of horses, typically characterised

by monstrous swelling followed by a necklace of discharging abscesses.

white scour.Severe whitish diarrhoea and progressive emaciation in cattle,

especially young calves, sometimes the result of a contagious bacterial

disease, sometimes a dietary disorder.

As the records are too few and scattered to yield distribution patterns other

than very exceptionally, a simple listing—by scientific names in alphabetical

sequence (under vascular plants, algae and fungi) for ease of reference—has

to do duty in this instance for substantive entries species by species. An aster-

isk (*) indicates a species not among records of human ailments.

VASCULAR PLANTS
Achillea millefolium,yarrow (figure on page 301). Red-water fever
(Caernarvonshire,^1 in mixtures in Merionethshire^2 and Cavan^3 );
diarrhoea in rabbits (Norfolk^4 ).
Agrimonia eupatoria(figure on page 147),A. procera,agrimony. Cuts in
horses and cattle (Norfolk^5 ).
Alchemillaspp., lady’s-mantle. ‘Moorl’, unidentified cattle ailment
(Donegal^6 ), probably a version of the name used in Ulster for red-water
fever (cf. Doherty, 43).
Allium ursinum,ramsons (Plate 29). ‘Hoose’, worm-induced lung disease
in calves (Cavan^7 ); coughs in horses and cattle (four Irish counties);
worms (six Irish counties); ringworm in calves (Mayo^8 ); farcy
(Wicklow^9 ); black-leg (twelve Irish counties, normally by binding a piece
into a slit in the tail); fits in dogs (Galway,^10 Carlow,^11 Limerick^12 );
canine distemper (Norfolk, in a mixture^13 ); pip (four Irish counties).
Anemone nemorosa,wood anemone. Sheep scab (Wicklow^14 ).
Angelica sylvestris,wild angelica. Black-leg (Sutherland^15 ).
Anthriscus sylvestris,cow parsley. Laminitis in a pony (Norfolk, combined
with Sambucus nigra^16 ).
*Arrhenatherum elatius(Linnaeus) P. Beauverd ex J. S. & C. Presl, false oat-
grass (Poaceae). Europe, western Asia, North Africa; introduced into
North America and Australia. Variety bulbosum(Wildenow) St Amans
(onion couch). White ‘scale’ on eyes of dogs and horses (Londonderry^17 ).
Artemisia absinthium,wormwood (figure on page 299). Cuts on cows’
udders (Carmarthenshire, in a mixture^18 ).