Dock

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Nettle in, dock out,

Dock rub nettle out!



If a person is stung with a nettle, a certain cure will be effected by

rubbing dock leaves over the part, repeating the above charm very

slowly. Mr. Akerman gives us another version of it as current in

Wiltshire:



Out 'ettle, in dock,

Dock zhall ha' a new smock;

'Ettle zhant ha' narrun!



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