"Anthony's Fire" Quotes from Famous Books
... day's work in the harvest-field, but nearly always knocked himself up after two or three days in the broiling sun, developing what he called, "Tantiddy's fire " in one forearm; this is the local equivalent of St. Anthony's fire, an ailment termed professionally erysipelas, but I have never heard how it is connected with ... — Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory |