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Where British Phrases Came From

Monday, Aug 24, 2020, 10:22 am

#21 The Hair Of The Dog

This is very strange because it comes from the UK and it tells you a lot about how they viewed medicine centuries ago. The full phrase is actually the hair of the dog that bit you and there was an idea that to heal a wound you had to literally rub the hair of the dog into it. How this then moved over to a hangover cure is a mystery.