could the plant she rubbed on you have been plankton? I read in an herb book that it was the natural cure for poison ivy.[/quote]
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I haven't the vaguest idea! I'm 77 now and sure do wish that I'd had sense enough to LISTEN to her more, but most kids don't until it's way too late.
I read somewhere that Jewelweed is good for poison ivy, might have been that if it grows in WV.