Gaelic Alphabet - Ailm (Elm)

Elm: In Celtic mythology elm trees were associated with the underworld. They had a special affinity with the guardians of burial mounds, their dead and the associated transition into the lands of the dead.
Notwithstanding elm's legendary associations with death and the Underworld, people also looked to elm for medicinal cures. The inner bark was especially efficacious when chewed or boiled into a liquor to treat colds and sore throats, while the boiled bark was also used to treat burns.