As a child you are given money to buy penny candy at the corner store, The person takes the little brown paper bag

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25. Black licorice

(a lifelong favorite). My sister worked in a drugstore and would bring home this brand of black licorice pieces, the bag had a drawing of camels and palm trees, I remember. Sometimes she would bring home some cinnamon candies, very strong of cinnamon, but they had red dye that made them taste bitter too. The drugstore was run by the father of my home town's greatest movie star, Jean Seberg - if any of you know who that is.

Just down the alley from my house there was an old timey neighborhood grocery store, where my kids would get penny candy. I was glad that they were able to have that experience. (They are in their thirties and late twenties now.)