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10 signs you grew up near a farm

Where’s that bull?

Sep 24th 2013, 1:04 PM 21,452 Views 59 Comments

YOU CAN TAKE the person out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the person.

Here are the signs you grew up near a farm:

1. Your washing always smelt slightly of slurry

Source: chatirygirl

If your mam didn’t roar at you to bring it in the second the scent hit the air.

2. This was the biggest cause of delay in your life

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They sometimes moved over. Sometimes.

GET THAT COW.

8. Midges, midges, midges

Source: Hello, I am Bruce

Did we mention the midges? There were midges.

9. You spent a lot of time wondering where The Bull was

Source: eamoncurry123

Especially when taking a shortcut through the fields to your mate’s house, because it was quicker than using the road.

10. You got paid to pick up stones

Source: S John Davey

GOOD: Getting money. BAD: Having to pick up stones.

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10 signs you grew up near a farm

Where’s that bull?

1. Your washing always smelt slightly of slurry

2. This was the biggest cause of delay in your life

3. Followed closely by this

4. This counted as a source of entertainment

5. You weren’t allowed to have a dog, because it might ‘worry’ the sheep

6. Playing on the hay bales? SIGN ME UP.