Where did the phrase; "Hair of the Dog that Bit Me" come from?

Question

I know it's a drinking phrase, but was there an alcoholic Werewolf out there?

Answer 1

The phrase you're looking for is "hair of the dog that bit you," and it is a metaphor for the dubious practice of curing a hangover after a night of heavy drinking by simply drinking a bit more of whatever gave you the hangover in the first place. I believe that most medical authorities agree that this method will, at best, simply delay the onset of a probably even worse hangover. At worst, you'll end up drunk and hungover simultaneously.

While "hair of the dog that bit you" may not work as a hangover cure, it is interesting because it arose as an allusion to an older practice, that of treating dog bites with a poultice containing the hair of the offending dog itself. The metaphorical "hangover cure" use of "hair of the dog that bit you" dates back to about 1546, while the practice of actually putting dog hair on bites is much older (and even less effective).

I'm not much of a drinker (the last hangover I had was on New Year's Day 1989), so I don't have many suggestions to make about hangover cures. In the case of my New Year's debacle, chicken soup proved to be an amazingly effective restorative, but then again chicken soup cures darn near anything, short of a dog bite.

Answer 2

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