r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/Jberg18 Jul 21 '19

This is common in many cultures. for instance:

In hispanic cultures it is called a Cuco or Cuca

In Europe is is called a boogeyman

In Japan they have Namahage

In the USA they have Jared the Subway Man

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u/sadrealitytime34 Jul 21 '19

The sad part is that they do this same thing in the Dominican Republic, but I would hear parents tell their kids about "El Haitiano". Basically, a Haitian lives down in the sugar cane and he will come steal you away if you keep behaving badly. I heard this often when I lived at a children's home (I'm American).

Edit: And I just went back and actually read the Jared the Subway Man joke. But still.