Find a string of text in an element and wrap some span tags round it

by 
$("h2:contains('cow')").html(function(_, html) {
   return html.replace(/(cow)/g, '<span class="smallcaps">$1</span>');
});

http://jsfiddle.net/w5ze6/1/

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