Hello All

SNIP
My Granny used to feed us cooked young nettletops every spring; they
contain iron and were a traditional rural spring "cleanser", for which
read vermifuge. She used to pick the tops with a firm grasp of her bare
hands, and didn't get stung. Writing this I can still remember the smell
of the fresh nettles on her hands. She said nettles old enough to sting,
were too old and tough to eat.

SNIP
Janet.

I was taught as a young lad that one can catch hold of stinging nettles with
bare hands without getting stung PROVIDING you grab hold of them firmly. It
is brushing against them that stings you. I can confirm that it works (at
least for me !)

John

--
EurIng J Rye CEng FIEE Electrical Engineering Consultant
18 Wentworth Close Hadleigh IPSWICH IP7 5SA England
Tel No 01473 827126 http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jrye/index.html
--- On Line using an Acorn StrongArm RiscPC ---