Jolly Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) super spaniel (4wd can go under bushes tonka toy dog) dragged me through about 6 blackthorn hedges on saturday while we were beating and i was done severely, right wrist is agony neck hurts and both knees are swollen i hate the blinking stuff Edited October 29, 2012 by Jolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 The ends of the thorns always seem to break off and go manky under the skin, sometimes it takes days to get them out. Horrible things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 any joint they end up stabbing me with make the nearest joint swell and hurt :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingRebel Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Evil stuff. I do like the wood it produces though. And im partial to a bit of sloe vodka too. I spent a good part of the summer hacking my way through a field of the stuff with a machete. A client had purchased the land to extend his already massive garden, but it had been neglected by the farmer for several years, and it was infested with blackthorn, hawthorn, brambles, nettles, pretty much every painful plant you could imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 did you get any sloes though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Bloody Poofdah The best way through a Blackthorn is round the *******, or if you have to backwards first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.philmypower. Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 I've got septicaemia on my finger from the bloody stuff, my finger is huge and full of puss, been the docs but it kills. I'm a tree surgeon and quite often have to climb the stuff. Never gets better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 A couple of years ago I managed to spike myself in the top of the head, took weeks to heal after turning into a nasty infection. Does anyone know why it does this? Is it covered in something that causes it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 An interesting read: http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/48-B/3/474.full.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jloc Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Great read, thanks guest1957 Years ago I had a sore knee for months and months and every so often a boil would come up full of puss. Eventually following my usual squeezing to relive it a flippin huge Blackthorn came out point first !! Body must have turned it round to expel it ! Get the same symptoms as blackthorn if I get spiked with a huge shrub in the garden, same structure as blackthorn but semi evergreen with small white flowers / berries so watch out folks. Cheers J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Had one go underneath a fingernail whilst out shooting and snap beyond a field recovery , a painful and uncomfortable afternoons shooting before I got home and removed it with some antiseptic and a needle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I got one in my finger yesterday on someone's advice I'm trying a magnesium cream that draw stuff out. Hope it works can't be doing with a mank finger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I got one in my finger yesterday on someone's advice I'm trying a magnesium cream that draw stuff out. Hope it works can't be doing with a mank finger Old fashioned remedy for you (once you have the offending item out) depending what it was infection may well have set in. As my old mother used to say if the red line creeping up your arm reaches your heart your a goner Long storey short I got a finger punctured with something as a kid, don'remember what. And OMG there was the red line creeping up my left hand (the worst accordning to Ma). What she did was to stand a bar of soap in a saucer of water untli the underside was mushy, then she spread it onto a suitable sized bandage and sprinkled sugar thickly onto it. Wrapped the injured area with it and two days later...red line of death gone, infection gone. Anyone else heard of this remedy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 yep-sugar soap bandage-old farming cure I believe.funny enough only ever heard about it when I was living in the tyne valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Great read, thanks guest1957 Years ago I had a sore knee for months and months and every so often a boil would come up full of puss. Eventually following my usual squeezing to relive it a flippin huge Blackthorn came out point first !! Body must have turned it round to expel it ! Get the same symptoms as blackthorn if I get spiked with a huge shrub in the garden, same structure as blackthorn but semi evergreen with small white flowers / berries so watch out folks. Cheers J Pyrocanther ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greener86 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 This I is an nasty one Firethorn - Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' - Flowers white in June, with bright orange-red berries. Thorny stem. beening a gardener this is not my best shrub I like cutting I remember an old lady telling me about soap bandage as kids we used to go exploring around fields I grabbed a branch a felt a sharp pain in my thumb still to day at 41 I can still feel a small lump in my thumb joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jloc Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 This I is an nasty one Firethorn - Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' - Flowers white in June, with bright orange-red berries. Thorny stem. beening a gardener this is not my best shrub I like cutting I remember an old lady telling me about soap bandage as kids we used to go exploring around fields I grabbed a branch a felt a sharp pain in my thumb still to day at 41 I can still feel a small lump in my thumb joint Thats the one ! Was over 6m tall when we moved in and now finally after a few years got down to about 3m !! Old wood is hard as nails and so spikey !! Cheers Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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