Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

It comes from a medieval belief that if a dog bit you, you cut some of its fur off and put it on the wound to heal. No idea if it worked. Actual phrase is "hair of the dog that bit you". Now taken as you drink too much and feel awful, drink more of the same stuff to feel better.

Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

A bad beauty shop?

Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

Newcastle upon tyne matey, i should know my garndad used to say that all the time,

He would shout to his wife and say I'M TAKING THE DOG OUT FOR A WALK (on a sunday mostly because he had been out last night)

when really he would be heading for the pub with the dog!!!

hence hair of the dog, u have a beer the morining after and it sorts u out!!! no head ache

Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

Hair of the dog that bit me...like if you wake up with an awful hangover and grab a beer straight away.

Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms says:

'a small quantity of alcohol taken as a remedy for a hangover'

So called because the supposed cure is a small amount of the cause of the problem; thus, hair from a rabid dog was considered to be a remedy against the effects of it's bite.

Where did the phrase "hair of dog" come from?

it comes from the romans cos if a dog bit you then you would pull a hair out of the dog and put it in your drink and when you drank it they siad that would cure you