Dimple- you might be interested in a song written by Iain Ingram (of Milngavie) called Ill Wind Frae Cumberland at the time of the Foot and Mouth outbreak. (Iain has a holiday home in Dumfries and Galloway, one of the first places in Scotland to be hit after Northumberland and Cumbria.)
I can post the words but have no idea how to share the tune- -
oops, just discovered I can't work out how to copy and paste so -- I shall have to print it off then type it into the 'reply' box!
shall do later - --