I don't know if castor oil is a home remedy! [laughter] Now, but they used that for colds. For fevers, I know they used brown paper dipped in vinegar and put it across the forehead. And of course, the fever would dry out the paper, and then they'd keep dipping and dipping until the fever went down. And, Vaseline and sugar for coughs. Take it. Eat it.

And, the spoonful of Vaseline and put the sugar on top of it, coated with sugar. For earaches, you use sweet oil, something like an olive oil. My grandfather would go out in the early Spring and get sassafras, and he'd peel it and make a tea out of the bark. And it was supposed to be very healthy for you in the Spring and ward off, you know, a lot of diseases. Would make you strong.

They did mustard plasters and Vicks. Yes, the mustard plaster they'd put on your chest and around your waist. Lemon--lemon and castor oil and sometimes lemon tea with a little bit of alcohol juice, something in it, and that would make you perspire, and get the fever out.

When there was something very serious, they called for the doctor and he'd come and give you medicine and say you have to stay in or what. Like--Let's see - flu or pneumonia.