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Things you were told as a kid you still believed when you got older?

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  • 30-07-2008 6:37pm
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    LolaDub
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    During a conversation with a friend today we were talking about crazy things we were told when we were younger that we always thought were true. I remember crying to my mom that there was a spider on my pillow, she told me spiders helped jesus on the cross so i should be happy to share my pillow with it, and i got really guilty and apologised to the spider lol!

    My friend was told that when you eat all the cabbage a little green alien appears and you can keep it in your pocket (she believed it until mid teenager years!)


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    #2
    lostinnappies
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    god


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    luckat
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    Green spots on your tongue when you tell a lie? Saying "Rabbits" first thing when you wake up on the first of the month and you'll be rich all month? Never walk anticlockwise around a lios? Going to sleep with your hair wet will kill you?


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    ntlbell
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    My da told me I was Christy Browns cousin I told everyone in the school :o


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    Crea
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    That various dogs and cats went to "a lovely farm"


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    lostinnappies
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    luckat wrote: »
    Green spots on your tongue when you tell a lie? Saying "Rabbits" first thing when you wake up on the first of the month and you'll be rich all month? Never walk anticlockwise around a lios? Going to sleep with your hair wet will kill you?


    ha ha ha ha, i laught so hard when i read this, its a good one.:D


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    Prefabsprouter
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    Yeah its amazing what beliefs you carry into adulthood!!!!


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    iguana
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    That if you cut a worm in two, it turns into two worms.


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    Khannie
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    iguana wrote: »
    That if you cut a worm in two, it turns into two worms.

    Is this not true? Seriously.


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    nesf
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    Khannie wrote: »
    Is this not true? Seriously.

    Worms can regenerate cut off parts. I'm not sure if two worms could grow from a single worm cut in half though.


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    stovelid
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    Was told by another kid that germs couldn't live on ice so when you dropped an ice lolly on the ground/ in muck, a quick wipe and you were ready to go. Believed it for years. Maybe it is true. :)


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    iguana
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    Khannie wrote: »
    Is this not true? Seriously.

    If you cut it, it will die. But it takes a long time for the message that it is dead to relay through the body, so it will continue to wriggle for quite some time after it dies.


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    LolaDub
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    My da told me I was Christy Browns cousin I told everyone in the school :o

    LOL!!!


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    traceybere
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    for years i believed a spot (acne) was a hormone that crashed into the side of your face - i think i picked it up when some said that acne was caused by hormones racing around your body added one and one and got three :)


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    harmacist
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    Thought that only brown jellyfish could sting you!


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    lolly22
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    The inside of smarties were made of beetles:eek:

    Theres a big man in a red suit that comes down the chimney with presents once a year:P:P


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    jusme
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    lolly22 wrote: »
    Theres a big man in a red suit that comes down the chimney with presents once a year:P:P

    What? It's not true?:confused:


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    Mehh
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    luckat wrote: »
    Going to sleep with your hair wet will kill you?


    lol... Great Parenting, if you don't dry your hair, you're going to die


    The wife's sister tells her kids that if the Ice Cream Van plays music, it means they've run out. They still believe it as far as I know :)


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    foxy06
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    If you pump air from a bicycle pump on your finger you will get warts.


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    missmatty
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    Mehh wrote: »
    lol... Great Parenting, if you don't dry your hair, you're going to die


    The wife's sister tells her kids that if the Ice Cream Van plays music, it means they've run out. They still believe it as far as I know :)


    Lollers, my friend is going to tell her little fella that when he's bigger, he's only 18 months now :eek:


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    faceman
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    my parents always told me that 'I would understand when I'm older'. I still don't


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    stovelid
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    foxy06 wrote: »
    If you pump air from a bicycle pump on your finger you will get warts.

    Me too. :)


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    IceICEbaby
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    haha! these are a riot :D

    I remember when i was about six and i was on a plane to australia with my family....
    I was complaining over being bored and my dad told me that to entertain people on planes, they used to tie pretty women onto the wings of the plane by their feet and they called them "wing dancers"
    "But one time one of the ladies danced too hard and she fell off, so thats why they dont do it anymore...."

    Im 18 now and swear to god i didnt find realise he lied until like a year ago....:cool: clever chiiiild
    xD

    xxxxx


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    bazwaldo
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    stovelid wrote: »
    Me too. :)

    Me three. It does give you warts, doesn't it? :confused:


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    stovelid
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    bazwaldo wrote: »
    Me three. It does give you warts, doesn't it? :confused:

    Always been too afraid to try. :)


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    taram
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    lolly22 wrote: »
    The inside of smarties were made of beetles:eek:
    The red outside is made from a dye from beetles though :)

    Used to believe that bread crusts made your hair curly, so didn't eat them until I was 14, then binged on an entire loaf of bread crusts to get curly hair for a party. Was bitterly dissapointed :p


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    KJ_2008
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    Mehh wrote: »
    The wife's sister tells her kids that if the Ice Cream Van plays music, it means they've run out. They still believe it as far as I know :)

    I'm in tears laughing at that one, love it!!


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    lolly22
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    taram wrote: »
    The red outside is made from a dye from beetles though :)

    Used to believe that bread crusts made your hair curly, so didn't eat them until I was 14, then binged on an entire loaf of bread crusts to get curly hair for a party. Was bitterly dissapointed :p


    :eek::eek::eek: And I was told it was the blue one's. :confused:


    Try a curling tongs:P


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    kavanagh_h
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    My parents called head lice 'willywobblers' when we were kids and I thought that was their real name. I remember later when i was about 14 I mentioned them to my friends who went hysterical with laughter.


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    GeturGun
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    foxy06 wrote: »
    If you pump air from a bicycle pump on your finger you will get warts.

    LOL I completely forgot about that one!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarious!!!


    When the pope came to Ireland I was about 4 and my dad told me that the parish priest said you had to be 7 to go to the Phoenix Park. It was only a couple of years ago I mentioned it to him and he fell around the place laughing!!!!!


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    MissTF
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    My dad always told us he was going to see a man about a dog every time he went for a pint! Spent years disappointed because he never came home with a puppy:)


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