soothing burns and scalds. The only records of that traced for certain from
Britain are from south-eastern Wales.^50 Inthose two regions it would appear
tohave shared the role ofUmbilicus rupestris(navelwort) in standing in for
Sempervivum tectorum(house-leek, sengreen) as the pre-eminent salve for
burns. Its use in Donegal^51 for soothing insect stings, in Wexford^52 for dog
bites and in Limerick^53 for ringworm are doubtless variations on that, but the
same can hardly be true of its application to warts^54 in Meath, where it has also
been the main ingredient in a remedy for jaundice,^55 or asthma in Wexford.^56
Pteridophytes and Conifers 61Phyllitis scolopendrium,
hart’s-tongue (Fuchs
1543, fig. 165)