So you partied hard for St. Patrick? Thoroughly drowned the shamrock and you've some green paint still on your noggin?
Your head is spinning, your mouth is dry and your body feels like you have gone a round with Mike Tyson.
We have come up with our top Irish hangover cures that are guaranteed to take the edge off the pain.
Raw Eggs
Two raw eggs for breakfast -- two more for lunch. Sworn to be successful by some major drink hards who claim the eggs neutralize the ethanol, also known as alcohol, in your system.
Two Advil every four hours
Stands to reason that getting rid of the pounding headache is the first priority. Advil does that so simple right? Well, maybe, if not, try Tylenol.
Water, water
Buckets of it to rehydrate yourself, alcohol dries up the system so the only way is to swallow water by the gallon. Some claim drinking it the night before, before you fall asleep, works even better .
Sauna
Sweat the alcohol out, but be careful because you need to keep rehydrated. Besides who has a sauna?
Pickles
Polish peoples swear by them, something to do with high energy food. I don’t know but the Poles sure know how to drink their vodka so they may have a secret or two.
Full Irish Breakfast
Nothing like a full Irish breakfast to get you back on the road to recovery. Normally eating something can help reduce the effects of alcohol excess and this is especially true when it comes to an Irish breakfast. Go the full hog with bacon, sausages, black and white pudding, mushrooms, fried tomato, fried eggs, soda bread, spud bread, baked beans and lashings of tea.
If you don’t die of a heart attack your hangover will be cured.
Swim in the Atlantic
Nothing like a dip in the sub-zero Atlantic to banish the hangover blues. It may seem like an insane idea, but the shock to your system of running into the cold water will instantly refresh your mind and body. Please ensure you are fully sober when trying this out and always have a flask of hot tea on hand for when you exit. If this seems too extreme then a walk in the fresh air will also help.
Vats of Tea with friends
There are few things in Ireland that cannot be cured with a cup of tea. When that hangover feeling sets in, throw on the kettle, get the teapot ready and find your largest mug. If lucky enough to still be in the company of friends, the ultimate cure involves sitting around for a post mortem of the previous night’s events, sipping hot cups of Irish tea. Ah delicious.
Duvet day complete with favorite films
If your hangover is particularly intense then abandon all hope of leaving the house and just stay in bed for the day. Getting your laptop geared up, order some food in perhaps and just relax in the comfort of your home. Leaving the house today is not an option.
The Cure- hair of the dog
Essentially a very Irish answer to a hangover is to get right back up on that high stool and order another drink. “The hair of the dog” can often be the best solution to that horrific headache. When it seems nothing can take the edge away, just breathe a sigh of inevitability as you walk through the door of your local pub, retracing your movements from the night before. If you can’t beat the hangover then distill it.
So there you have it. A few guidelines to beating the effects of the night before. Let us know how you they work for you!
Originally published 2010.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Seanmor | Mar 29, 2013, 04:21 AM EDT
I suggest that in early March of next year that IC publish the ten best ways to avoid any such hangovers in the first place.
Smyrnian | Mar 18, 2013, 06:49 PM EDT
JamieLM - IC has no credibility.
Smyrnian | Mar 18, 2013, 06:47 PM EDT
More stereotypical self-loathing stupidity from IC.
handsome68 | Mar 18, 2013, 11:10 AM EDT
Both parents, R.I.P., were from County Leitrim. After marching in the NYC parade with Power Memorial Academy, we had sit-down meal with open bar. After two red wines -- my daily maximum -- I went to a "Boomer" dance; didn't have a drink. Met a very nice lady who wanted to continue partying at next door Irish pub with her lady friend "until it closes", says she. Long story short, I wasn't about to do that, having reached my minimum and the pub overflowing. Got her number and called her yesterday. I am very happy with day and night.
jamieLM | Mar 19, 2012, 10:09 AM EDT
IC prints columns protesting St. Patrick's Day merchandize that portray the Irish as the stereotypical drunks and then this column appears the day after St. Pat's Day. Doesn't this "advice" just reinforce the stereotypes you were protesting prior to Mar. 17.? What were you thinking, IC? You can't have it both ways and maintain any credibility.
GregShox | Mar 18, 2012, 03:02 PM EDT
Who needs stereotypes when Irish Central does it for us? Even by the shabby standards of Irish Central, this is very poor stuff, composed while either fighting or acquiring a hangover. Do all your correspondents write their articles on an iPhone at a bar counter? In what sense is a Polish remedy a top Irish hangover tip? Hair of the dog, incidentally, is a British expression, going all the way back to Shakespeare's time, but I wouldn't expect a 12-year-old rookie journalist to know such things.
Mousemess | Mar 18, 2012, 01:09 PM EDT
My own personal cure is to learn,speak, write and think in the Irish language. Suas leis an nGaeilge!
CitizenWhy | Mar 18, 2012, 12:52 PM EDT
After all the high dudgeon about equating St. Patrick's Day with excessive drinking (and the fun of it), you post an article about the inevitable hangovers following St. Patrick's Day./ Hmmm.
jamescdevlin | Mar 18, 2012, 12:44 PM EDT
Time is the only true cure
Murph46 | Mar 18, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT
Such an irony hermitTalker!
hermitTalker | Mar 18, 2012, 10:22 AM EDT
Amasing with all the efforts to avoid insulting merchandise on St Patrick's Day, and earlier year efforts to get Hallmark cards to stop selling drunken-Irish cards- your top story today is how to cure a hang-over!