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School: Yellow Furze

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Yellow Furze, Co. Meath
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Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 238

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  1. Old Cures (continued)

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  2. A Recipe for Nettle Beer

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    A receipt for nettle beer.
    First young green nettles are gathered and cleaned and boiled until tender.
    Then strain and heat the liquid again and to each pint add sugar and a piece of yeast about the size of a wallnut and also the juice of lemons.
    It is left to ferment for about a week in an earthen crock.
    It is then bottled and cealed and used as required.
    It was considered a very refreshing drink and also an excellent blood purifier. V Quinn
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