Isolde
Guardian's Desire
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Just found this interesting:
TODAY'S PROVERB: TAKE THE HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU
Meaning: A remedy for a hangover, which advises the sufferer to
swallow another alcoholic drink the next morning.
Today's proverb hearkens back to ancient times. An ancient remedy
recommended that, if one suffered a dog bite, he should take a hair
from the offending animal and bind it to the wound to help it heal and
to offer protection against disease.
A 1670 recipe book stated: "Take a hair from the dog that bit you,
dry it, put it into the wound, and it will heal it, be it never so
sore." In 1760's "The Treatment of Canine Madness" (rabies), we read:
"The hair of the dog that gave the wound is advised as an application
to the part injured." Nowhere, however, do we receive instruction for
procuring said hair!
TODAY'S PROVERB: TAKE THE HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU
Meaning: A remedy for a hangover, which advises the sufferer to
swallow another alcoholic drink the next morning.
Today's proverb hearkens back to ancient times. An ancient remedy
recommended that, if one suffered a dog bite, he should take a hair
from the offending animal and bind it to the wound to help it heal and
to offer protection against disease.
A 1670 recipe book stated: "Take a hair from the dog that bit you,
dry it, put it into the wound, and it will heal it, be it never so
sore." In 1760's "The Treatment of Canine Madness" (rabies), we read:
"The hair of the dog that gave the wound is advised as an application
to the part injured." Nowhere, however, do we receive instruction for
procuring said hair!
