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5 unusual facts about Urtica dioica


Brose

Other ingredients, such as nettle tops, kale, and swede may be added to the basic brose (Davidson op.cit.).

HMS Nettle

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nettle, after the stinging nettle, a species of flowering plants.

Joseph Foullon de Doué

He was, however, soon captured by the peasants on Sartine's estate, and taken to the Hôtel de Ville (made to walk barefoot, he had a bundle of hay tied to his back, was given to drink only peppered vinegar, and had the sweat on his face wiped off with nettles).

Nettlemas

On Nettlemas night, boys walked in the streets stinging one another with stinging nettles.

The Rapture of Canaan

The community is governed by a series of strict rules covering everything from drinking to speaking to people outside of the community, with punishments ranging from sleeping on stinging nettles to spending a night in a grave.



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