We stopped by Aunt Bess 's house and she gave me a dose of the cure - all castor oil . Now castor oil is NASTY and if you were n't sick before , it would make you sick , believe me ! That dose of castor oil must have been a real cure because I did n't get sick at school again .
Question: Why does Aunt Bess prefer to use castor oil as a curative agent for sickness ?
The answer to the above question:


She believes in folk cures , and prefers to prescribe them whenever she can