School: Dernakesh (B)

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1. Herbs (continued)

   

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   When you get a sting of a nettle you can get a leaf of a dalken and say "Dalken in Dalken out take the sting of the nettle out" You say that three times and the sting will come out. The leaves of the nettles are boiled for young turkeys. The shee thistles are boiled for pigs. Long ago the people used to dye their clothes with blackberries They can make ink out of them now by putting water into a small bottle and then squeese the juice of the blackberries into the bottle and then it gets red.

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2. Herbs

   

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   Switchgrass is the most harmful herb that grows on the land because it spreads very fast and destroys land. White posies or very very large daisies are also harmful and farmers get sheep to eat them
   Anywhere you see small whins or little

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