Non-Poles, what is this?

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  1. It is very good for the skin, I recommend holding it with your whole hand for 3 seconds.

  2. Pockschyva 😉 Don’t touch, but it makes a healthy tea when dried.

  3. You can make tea out of the leaves its really healthy. You can rub it on your back for back pain or on joints for arthritis..

  4. It’s nettle. Don’t touch it, it stings and leaves nasty burns, irritated skin and is overall an unpleasant experience. Some people make soup from it tho🤷‍♂️

  5. In German “Brennnessel”, which translates to: Burnnettel

  6. Soccer ball lost in that field? Guy with the long pants goes in to retrieve it.

  7. That’s duck food, we used to collect it to feed our ducks. Fun times

  8. If there is white flower on it you can touch it without the burn or bruises. 🙂

  9. We call it Kropywa (Кропива), and it hurts.

  10. For those who don’t know, let me explain. This is called “pokrzywa.” When you touch it it will hurt the area, but it has a positive effect.

  11. “Кропива” or “не чіпай ту хуйню, вона жалить. Її треба палицями піздити”

  12. When I was a kid, I fell into a whole lot of them. It was summer so my clothes were rather short.

    Memorable experience.

  13. You are all wrong, that is the enemy and you should kill it with your wooden sword.

  14. A necessary ingredient for some potion recipes.

    I feel quite hungry.

  15. In Ukraine we call that kropiwa and just looking at that image made me remeber the pain from my childhood lmao

  16. My god, when i was younger me and my friends used to make whips out of this by knottong them together while using gloves, the pain was real, but so was the fun

  17. When my cousin visited Poland once as a child he walked through a whole bunch of these on my grandmothers farm. He came running freaking out that we have some “really painful cactuses”… he learned real quick though.

  18. Nettle soup is traditional in Lithuania (don’t remember what’s used for the base, chicken stock perhaps but also could be nothing, just water, then young nettle leaves, sorrel sometimes, boiled eggs (!), and diced potatoes (or carrots, or onions) as well as optional groats. Various alternatives. Sour cream is a must, though!!

  19. The reason we wear long pants while gardening / playing outside even at high temperature.

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