1824 J. Mactaggart at Yirb-wives When a cow takes the Tailill, or is Elfshot, these females are sent for to cure them.
1846 J. Baxter (ed. 4) II. 134 This complaint is traced to a most ridiculous cause. The original evil is said to be in the tail; and all maladies of this kind, involving the partial or total loss of motion of the hind limbs of the animal, are classed under the name of tail-ill, or tail-slip.