Docken
The dock leaf or ‘docken’ … was a cure for a nettle sting, saying ‘Docken, docken, cure nettle,’ but this was not much good. The real cure was where a new leaf was growing down at the ground, there was a drop of liquid in it, this liquid rubbed on the sting cured it
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suej says:
26 June | 09:28
yes it certainly did work for us as children - stings were frequent in the countryside. We would make 'dock bandages' or stuff them down our socks. suej