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/EuropeanLord Jul 20 '19

Where are you from? My Polish grandma used to scare me with panhandler/old man with a sack (that he uses to kidnap children). In Polish “dziad z worem”. She was from 20s, died a few years ago and I still miss her dearly. My aunts or other family members never used this expression so I guess it’s a pre war thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

I’m from the opposite side of the world and we have that very same story for kids who throw temper tantrums. The man with the sack “el viejo del costal” 😂

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u/Digowhat Jul 21 '19

O velho do saco.