1^st. The Pinguicula Vulgaris is found all over the North of Scotland in moist ground— The P. Alpina is got at Rise Haugh & the P. Lusitanica is I believe plentiful in the Hebrides though I have not gathered it.

2: Amongst the Patients it is most commonly known as the Brog na cuach: Cuckoo’s Boots or Spoag na cuach: Cuckoos Claw   Another called it the Lus na ima. & another Cerban an Isleible²  The two latter terms the patients could not translate. but as Im is butter in Gaelic some hidden reference either to the sensation communicated in touching the leaves of the plant, or to its use in reference to Milk may be contained in the word Lus na ima. which from the particle na I think must be a question

3. I have questioned men from every district in the Highlands & every Island almost except S^t. Kilda but none of them have ever heard of the Plant being used for curdling milk, & so far as I can find out it is only employed for making a decoction for, in some places, bathing wounds. but principally for applying to the Udders of Cows when they are sore. It is on the other hand held to be very injurious to sheep & to cause foot rot if eaten

I may add that I have read somewhere that the Laplanders use the Pinguicula for Coagulating Milk but I do not know of any other people who do so.³

Rennet is principally used throughout the district for curdling milk & is made from various animals. Hare Rabbit & Roe: & I have been informed that that made from the last animal is held in specially high estimation. Many of the patients have seen it done with Nettles. & even with water cresses. & an attendant mentioned that he had noticed yearned⁴ milk made by rubbing the inside of the dish with a large variety of “docken”⁵ before it was poured in   A patient who states she has seen it done with water cress. The Nettle, however, seems to have been most generally used for this purpose. all parts of the plant being suited for it— It would appear at the same time that the root had some special effect for when the Rennet becomes weak a woman well versed in Country Matters stated it was customary to add some of it to the fluid to restore it to its former strength

Tho^s Aitken