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9 important financial milestones in every Irish childhood
GROWING UP IRISH was a tough hustle.
1. Your first flirtation with money was the extra 10p you’d get going to the shop with one of these
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2. Your grandparents would slip you a fiver every visit
You’d feel like a king until you spent it all on sweets on the way home.
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3. Then came the big guns, your first Cyril the Squirrel card
Oh the pride you’d feel with every 50p stamp.
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4. Henry the Hippo was for those who liked the physical cash
* Drops every penny you have inside*
5. If you were an altar server, you’d get a few bob doing weddings and learned the joy of earning your keep
Worth it.
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6. Communion and confirmation days were like winning the lotto
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7. Bringing bottles back to the shops taught you how to be frugal
8. Sneaking a few pence from the Trocaire box to get an ice cream made you realise the guilt wasn’t worth it
Confession will be interesting this month.
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9. When you got a bit more honest, the pub was the place to be
Ah if only it was as easy now.
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