Ireland - any stories from growing up?

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Oohthedrama

Oohthedrama

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Cavan - behave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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bogger. 😬
Sure they eat their dinner from the hob rather than have to share
Jelly Bean said:
My husband is Irish. When we first met I found so many things confusing. Why was he doing his 'messages' when was he was shopping? Why was his dressing gown a 'house coat'? And his welly boots are water boots? Why is the airing cupboard a hot press? Most confusingly why does he have a slice of bread and butter with every. single. meal? 😂
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are you going for the messages 😂
and having a good house coat 😂 Is so Irish.

saying a prayer to St. Anthony when you lose something.
 
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RumNCoke

Oohthedrama said:
Cadbury mint crisp, is it true you can’t buy that anywhere but Ireland?!

fruit shortcake biscuits?

The jelly star biscuit in the afternoon tea 😞
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There's a tesco by me that stocks Mint Crisp (£1 a pop), and during the first week of lockdown I randomly found Club Orange stocked in my (small) local tesco. Couldn't get bread or milk but stocked up on club orange.
 
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Columbo

RumNCoke said:
There's a tesco by me that stocks Mint Crisp (£1 a pop), and during the first week of lockdown I randomly found Club Orange stocked in my (small) local tesco. Couldn't get bread or milk but stocked up on club orange.
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Club Rockshandy is the best though
 
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monga

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Does anyone remember the jingle for Kimberley,mikado and coconut cream I can still remember the words :p
 
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imaginedragon83

Justhereforacreep said:
I still listen to Radio Kerry whilst I am at work in Birmingham UK, my partner works with me and he couldn't believe there was a 'death notice' section of the show and that at Christmas time someone phoned in to advise they found a wallet on the street and could the owner call in and claim it
Anyone go on a family holiday to Bundoran (Fundoran)? cheap as chips in a mobile home for a week nearly killing your siblings and heading off to the casinos in the evening
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My aunt has lived in London for about 35 years and when she was home recently was looking through our local newspaper. There was an appeal for witnesses as some windows had been smashed. She was gobsmacked. She was like "jesus you could get murdered in London and nobody bat an eyelid but a broken window makes the paper here" 🤣🤣🤣
 
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Flowergirl14

Thechubbymoaner said:
I was born in England but raised in Ireland so im English in a lot of ways but know the sayings and they crack me up-my husband is Irish Irish and he's always about doing the delph, and the glass of milk with the meal too, no matter what. And a glass of 'mineral' too 🤣🤣🤣
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& ordering a glass of lager in the pub, instead of a half of lager!

Oohthedrama said:
bogger. 😬
Sure they eat their dinner from the hob rather than have to share


are you going for the messages 😂
and having a good house coat 😂 Is so Irish.

saying a prayer to St. Anthony when you lose something.
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& and a prayer to St Jude for hopeless cases. The Child of Prague in the garden. The lit Sacred Heart on the wall of every house!
 
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Oohthedrama

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Red lemonade.

hold up.. you don’t have the purple snack anywhere else?
 
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Flowergirl14

"Bejesus" was another we used a lot. As in, Boris has done a good job of scaring the "bejesus" out of everyone. (Not derailing this thread).
 
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Justhereforacreep

& ordering a glass of lager in the pub, instead of a half of lager!


& and a prayer to St Jude for hopeless cases. The Child of Prague in the garden. The lit Sacred Heart on the wall of every house!
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aw here now you nearly forgot all about the May alter in the hallway every May
 
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Flowergirl14

Does anyone remember the advert on TV for farmers and their cows? S.O.S. - STAMP OUT SCOUR!
(this was for cows that had a fierce dose of the runs!).
 
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imaginedragon83

Flowergirl14 said:
Does anyone remember the advert on TV for farmers and their cows? S.O.S. - STAMP OUT SCOUR!
(this was for cows that had a fierce dose of the runs!).
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Talking of tv ads remember the one during the troubles "cats in the cradle". Me and my cousin showed it to her English husband and he was gobsmacked it was on the telly for kids to see. My dad wasn't one to go to the pub so 7 yr old me thought going to the pub meant your daddy either was at risk of getting shot or was going to do the shooting after that ad 🤣🤣🤣
 
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Columbo

imaginedragon83 said:
Talking of tv ads remember the one during the troubles "cats in the cradle". Me and my cousin showed it to her English husband and he was gobsmacked it was on the telly for kids to see. My dad wasn't one to go to the pub so 7 yr old me thought going to the pub meant your daddy either was at risk of getting shot or was going to do the shooting after that ad 🤣🤣🤣
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I loved singing along to that ad “the cats in the cradle & the silver spoon, little boy blue & the man on the moon” 😂 there’s still an ad about paramilitary knee cappings currently on TV.
 
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Doodlebug005

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The child of Prague shoved out in the garden the night before a wedding, communion etc for fineweather😂 God we sound deranged 😵 Screenshot_20200605-161849~3.png
 
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Columbo

My friend’s Dad was actually shot dead in The Rising Sun massacre so unfortunately as much as it was just an ad on TV to me at the time it did actually happen 😢

Justhereforacreep said:
they brought fine weather though, bless them
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Little shite was out the night before my wedding and it lashed rain all day 😡
 
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Thechubbymoaner

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& ordering a glass of lager in the pub, instead of a half of lager!


& and a prayer to St Jude for hopeless cases. The Child of Prague in the garden. The lit Sacred Heart on the wall of every house!
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Oh god I was telling my friends about the child of Prague, they think we are all crazy
 
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Columbo

Thechubbymoaner said:
& ordering a glass of lager in the pub, instead of a half of lager!


& and a prayer to St Jude for hopeless cases. The Child of Prague in the garden. The lit Sacred Heart on the wall of every house!
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Oh god I was telling my friends about the child of Prague, they think we are all crazy
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I still bless myself going past the chapel, it’s like a natural reflex.

And when I hear sirens 🙈😂
 
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monga

monga

Columbo said:
My friend’s Dad was actually shot dead in The Rising Sun massacre so unfortunately as much as it was just an ad on TV to me at the time it did actually happen 😢



Little shite was out the night before my wedding and it lashed rain all day 😡
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I know one of the guys that carried out that attack ,his mum lives 1 minute from me ! he was best friends with my friends brothers he practically lived in their house we all hung around together .We couldn't get our heads round he'd do something like that..
 
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Doodlebug005

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Isnt it funny how other nationalities have trouble with our irish names, we moved to the uk when i was 12 ish, my name was unpronouncable so it was shortened to Fi 😂 my brother Mícheal was called Mehole which we still call him today 😂 one of the funniest i saw on the Lorraine show was when Taoiseach was pronounced Teashop 😂😂
 
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