Great post! In NJ poison ivy was everywhere. Kids got that stuff all the time even after having been admonished to avoid it at all costs. Unfortunately, a child's memory can fade on such admonitions when in the midst of playing. So, we'd go home wearing the proof of our encounter, preparing to be gooped up with calamine lotion like we'd earned it; I don't remember the reprimands. I do remember, though, that my father could roll in the stuff and not be affected, at least as my mother told it. I guess it didn't carry down genetically.