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21 little things that scared the bejaysus out of every Irish kid
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1. Swallowing chewing gum and it staying in your gut for seven years
2. Crossing over cattle grids. Sure you’d slip down there and that’d be you trapped forever
3. Walking across a pub’s cellar door, because it’d definitely spring open and you’d plummet to your death
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4. The tunnel scene in Willy Wonka. There is no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going… *shudders*
5. The wind changing and you getting stuck like that
6. Turning off all the light downstairs at night. GET UP THE STAIRS DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU THERE’S A KILLER
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7. Banshees, because Sean’s uncle’s friend found a comb on the ground and died three days later!
8. The pink elephants scene from Dumbo
9. When the radiators rattled in the night. THE KILLER! HE’S HERE! MAAAAMMM
10. Seaweed touching your feet when you’re swimming in the sea
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11. Trying to get on a down escalator
12. The Man who was going to come and get you if you didn’t behave
13. The Lady who was watching you in the shop and would kick you out for being bold
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14. Hearing Body II Body by Samantha Mumba and knowing that horrific seatbelt ad was on AGAIN
15. The farm safety videos they showed you in primary school
16. The electrical safety ad with the football flying into the power lines
17. Basically all safety ads and videos
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18. The attic, and what might lurk in there
19. The porcelain dolls that people once thought were cool and fun gifts for little girls. You swear to this day that their eyes followed you
20. Bin trucks
21. ”Just you wait ’til your mother/father gets home.”
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