Pam and Sue McN. I love your entries. I've decided if I follow everyone's remedies and cures, I'll not be sick for at least 7 years. I might die, but I won't be sick! Rock candy and whiskey was a common cure at my house. Mama used to put whiskey on cotton for a toothache. She also gave us Casteroil-the worst tasting stuff in the world. A big tablespoonful! As far as I know, it was the cure-all for everything, especially worms. Keep in mind, my mother just died at age 101, so she went way back. I was hoping she'd make it to the Millineum so she could say she'd seen 3 centuries. Very alert! Great stories! (Think she'd understand this Y2k talk?) Speaking of FLUX: My sister died at age two of Flux. Another newborn sister was on hand that had to be cared for by older sisters. No medical cures, no penicillin, etc. She had eaten green grapes from our backyard, and Mama applied that as her reason for having Flux. Neighbors made the small pine coffin. Folks, my mama suffered thru floods, flu epidemic, deaths husband, 6 children, 2 gr'children, and all of her 12 siblings and their spouses. The list goes on. She could make something from nothing, and when company came, she just added more water to the gravy, and more flour to the biscuit dough, and fed the whole crowd. They went away satisfied. Strong lady! Of all the remedies I've seen, there were never any home remedies that cured my motionsickness. I tried 'em all-except one! (Can you imagine drinking your own urine? I'd probably have died!) I was the one of nine who "always" got carsick. My dad had no patience with such things. "It's all in your mind!" Those narrow roads in KY were hairpin curves, especially Booger Mtn, with no place to pull off the road--Mtn on one side, river below. Twenty miles from home and I was asking Daddy to pull over. I was gonna throw-up. His answer was always the same. "Sis, can't ya' wait'll we get there?" I got the seat by the window. Winter or summer, that window was wide open so that I could breathe fresh air. My siblings hated me on those trips. Just another story in my family history! Pat Note: Does anyone know anything about a Gitney Bus (about 1915)? You car enthusiaists?