Talk:Poll evil

Reference

The reference «John Bartlet, "The gentleman's farriery: or, a practical treatise on the diseases of horses, wherein the best writers on that subject have been consulted, and M. La Fosse's method of trepanning glander'd horses, is particularly considered and improved: also, a new invented method of nicking horses ...", printed for John Nourse; and Joseph Pote, at Eton, 1753, chap.XXXI» shows that it is an "old", or "traditional" term. Nothing wrong with that I think. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 21:35, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

My point is that the above ref as quoted makes no reference to the term "poll evil" itself. If you want to add a sentence such as "the term was used as early as 1753..." and then add the ref with proper citation, including the page number where the term occurs, I'd have no problem with it. But it's your job to add it with proper citation. Montanabw^(talk) 21:43, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

And FYI, the bit in the treatise on treatment with vinegar and wine, or a poltice of bread, milk and elder flower IS rather amusing! The version with turpentine, honey and tincture of myrrh sounds a bit scary, though! LOL! (Truth is, a whole section on treatment, modern and old, would be useful here too!) For those who care, I'm copying over the ref from my talk page. here Montanabw^(talk) 21:49, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

It's the title, not a quote. The whole of chapter XXXI is about the Poll-evil, and begins with an accurate description of the condition. It was already properly cited, as Author, Title, Publisher, Date, Chapter. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 21:55, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

You need to review proper citation format (see WP:CITE for help) You put the author's last name first, use page numbers and range of pages if a multiple section. Your original use was with quotation marks, making it appear to be a quotation. There's plenty of variations in style, but those are the basics. (Sighing heavily) I'll fix the rest... but please learn from this -- citations are worthless unless other people can verify them. When a book only exists in hardcopy, that's one thing, but on Google books, it's a courtesy to guide others to the exact material you used and to at least hit the basics. Montanabw^(talk) 22:37, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

New section

Appropriate? Ben Franklin collected a long batch of euphemisms for drunkenness in 1737 which includes "got the pole [sic] evil," and of course he's referring to the miseries of hangover. This has nothing to do with horses so maybe it doesn't belong here, but it does date the term to bef 1737. Multiple online sources and googlebooks will carry this reference, if it's deemed necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollisbrown (talk • contribs) 22:08, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't think so, different word, different meaning. Montanabw^(talk) 22:29, 30 January 2014 (UTC)