jan 1, 1664 - farcy

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A disease of animals, especially of horses, often linked with glanders. It produced mucus in the nasal passages and swellings under the jaw. 1533 <i>That no man put eny farcy horses ... of the common</i>, Selby (SS85/34); 1648 <i>tyed a bag of foxdocks in my horses tayle for the farsey</i>, Thurlstone (SS65/98); 1664 <i>noe person … shall put any scabbed or farcie horses upon the comens</i>, Earlsheaton (WCR5/120). In Henry Best’s Memorandum Book is an undated remedy: <b><i>c.</i>1625 <i>A drink for the fayrsy. Take a quart of old ale, the juice of a handful of rue. Boil them together and when it hath boiled well take it off and after it be but lukewarm give the horse it to drink. And then put a little aquavitae and a little of the juice of rue into the horse’s ears with a little wool and twich them up sure</i>, Elmswell (DW200).

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