to be on the verge of going Peig Sayers on it and making a poultice for me tooth?

[Doodadoo]

I am going a little bit insane with what appears to be a toothache. I have escaped the legendary pain of a toothache until 5 days ago, though I have heard it described in the worst possible terms throughout my life. I thought with sympathy of those who described the pain, as it appears to render the sufferer capable of poetic and graphic levels of imagery which terrified me in their descriptions. There was something about the brilliance of description which suggested that a toothache produced a pain worthy of note; an inspirational level of pain.

I'm now at the point of going Peig Sayers on it with leeches, or of attempting to fashion a poultice at the very least. Failing that, was it Robinson Crusoe who was marooned on an island or something who resorted to twine and a door to pull a tooth? If I knew which tooth was the culprit, I'd knock myself out trying that method too at this point. Nothing has been ruled out.

Fuck!!!!!!!! This pain is horrendous! What's worse is that I know that I have codeine here somewhere but can I fuck find it!

I've done the salt wash.

I'm taking paracetamol and ibuprofen. I'm also prescribed gabapentin but haven't taken that for a couple of months and I don't think that it works directly on pain but I've taken that too.
The 111 dentist has prescribed metroclopromide (or something that sounds like that) and I've to get that tomorrow as she said it sounds like an infection. I've never had a toothache before so I don't really know how I might decipher whether it's an infection or something else. It's a horrible nasty pain though so I can finally understand why Peig spent an entire chapter on it. 🤔

i laughed so hard at the title (sorry OP). So you think you have it tough eh…

My neck and jaw is sore too.

#Peig #Ifinallyunderstandyourpain

The gabapentin might help a bit to drop off to sleep I suppose. I’d take another dose of Ibuprofen and keep taking a double dose for the next 48 hours and make sure you’ve got something in your stomach, even just a glass of milk. Obviously don’t take a higher dose of paracetamol at all.
I’d say if you can’t get to a pharmacy tonight you need to try to get to sleep. Make sure you take your next dose of painkillers whenever you wake and they’re due. Don’t let the pain get a hold any worse than it is. Then tomorrow get some cocodamol. Cold water held on the tooth really does help in my experience.

Did 111 not prescribe any painkillers? I think whiskey is your best bet tonight! I sympathise, I’d rather have another caesarean than severe tooth ache 😣

If all else fails, you could put "one foot in the grave". I read her son's biography "twenty years a-growing". It was so poetic, as a boy (8-10) he used to row around the island and then climb the cliffs to collect gull eggs.

Unfortunately yes

I'd take a toothache over a chapter of Peig any day.

It really was a tragic tale. Having to study it for the Leaving was sort of wasted on us. Dissecting a piece of writing never agreed with me.

She was a feisty one though and to be fair to her, she suffered unmerciful loss in her life. It's tragic that I remember her description of a toothache above anything else.

It's God's will that you've got toothache @Doodadoo

As you will see from my username, happily for me I was not subjected to Peig's misery fest in my youth. But- somewhat late to the party having just started learning beginner Irish in my 40s ..

Sin go holc. Tá brón orm. I know from bitter experience that the aul' tinneas fiacaile is indeed a bastard . Salt water as hot as you can bear, but not 4x daily, basically bloody constantly as it only works while you're doing it and for a few seconds after. Heat pack on jaw also and get the antibiotics inta ya cynthia as soon as you get your paws on them.

Or you could try this:
www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2017/1116/920517-toothache-try-rubbing-a-frog-across-it/?app=true

First, catch your frog
Ádh mór

I do remember the caoiners (I can't remember how it's spelled now). Caoin is the verb 'to cry' in Irish. They used to have semi-professional whingers for a wake back in the day (essentially elderly women who would cry over the deceased's body prior to their burial). That was kind of their role in society. To cry and whinge and pray.
Pure mental mad to me now, but perhaps it was soothing in a way.

I know that I can mock and that she endured more loss than most of us could bear.

It's interesting that I still remember her and her bloody toothache though!

Also, sleep/doze propped up on pillows rather than flat. No idea why but that really helped when I was waiting for the antibiotics to kick in.

Is that you Cáit? May the divil himself take ya!

Someone on a recent thread believed keening still goes on in Ireland

My father is of an age where he's at a funeral once a month!

They were never professional. It was always under the table. 😉

My brother actually swears by green tea. He had terrible toothache and a mug of green tea took it away. Whether it was the heat or whatever is in the tea we have no idea just that it worked.

Yep. I know. Blast from the past

I have ground up cloves in a pestle and mixed with olive oil and dabbed on before.

Cold water held in the mouth was the worse thing I tried. Relieves the pain while it’s cold but then like a blowtorch as the sensation returns.

That's inspiring to read. Genuinely. Go n-eirí an bothar leat leis an Gaeilge!

Despite my current pain, I can appreciate your interest in our tales of woe. It's something the Irish do brilliantly - express our sadness (and yes, we do that a lot).

To express an interest in Irish literature is a compliment to us and to me. Not many people wish to know our history so thank you for showing an interest.

Don't let the tuiseal ginneadeach put you off! 😆

For the Tuiseal Ginneadeach, the rule which served me well was that if you could say 'of the' in the sentence (my Irish teacher taught us this - I haven't made it up), then you needed the tuiseal ginneadeach.

The black horse - no need for TG (tuiseal ginneadeach)
The horses saddle - you need the TG as it's the saddle of the horse

I found it a useful rule of thumb.

Can you tell that I've gone to town with the uisce beatha? 😮