Childhood thing that scared you

i just remembered, whilst thinking about my tea for tonight, a memory when i was about 6yrs old, and we were having Rabbit Stew, and i really did not want it, but, my mum told me i had to eat it. So i did, then went out to play, and i had only been outside a couple of minutes, when i threw up all over the pavement. Since that day the thought of Rabbit Stew makes me feel Ukkky. --- Please do not misunderstand me, my mum & dad were the best parents ever, but even though my dad worked regular nights, money was short, so what you got you had to be glad of. --- So no Rabbit Stew for me

funny rabbit never caught on for a meal, You hear the old un's saying " that were proper jack bit that were" , well how come sainbury's don't sell it then? how come none of the chefs on the cook programs do it? there's no rabbit burgers at macdonalds, and no kentuckyfried rabbit either, So were the old un's just fantasizing, or was rabbit a good meal?

good point and question tomplum. maysbe got to do with Mixamatosis / bad spelling i think Rabbit disease, i mean.

Thing is, that in those days there was no McDonalds, Sainbury's or any other Supermarkets. Rabbits were easy to catch with the old ferret blokes and used to change hands in the pub at night for the price of a pint of flat rib. My dad regularly came home with a brace and it was my job to skin and gut them the morning after, I can tell you if you thought eating one made you heave you should have tried pulling out the guts of one, the small was nausiating.

well madcow disease never stopped us eating beef,nor did foot and mouth,so i don't think it was mixamatoastup,I think it was just that rabbit was eaten because folks were desperate for meat, and that was all that was available, but I'd like to hear from the old un's,

The dark brooding River Douglas...The railings near The Honeysuckle...I used to be terrified of the gloomy darkness that surrounded it...

I bet it must have been about three feet deep...

I was five at the time...

Borsdane woods after dark.

Rabbit is sold in Costco, Tom.

Keep your body covered by the quilt and you are safe, but should a foot be exposed in the middle of the night, he will be sure to get you!

i loved Borsdane wood, but only in day time, spent many a good day there, with my pals, and a picnic of - bottle of water and 2 jam butties, yummmy would not have been there in the dark though

i cant think of anything that really scared me,but my sister was absolutely terrified of spiders so we used to put the tomato leaf thingy in her hand and make her scream lol

Tales of Kitty Bout Yed!

I used to keep my bed covers right up to my chin - till quite grown up - so she couldn't chop my head off.

Jo anne...

Nanny Green Teeth!

sozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz to all i really did not mean Scared i meant Scarred as in Scarred for Life but i am enjoying all your replies no matter Scared or Scarred

The first time I saw someone with a built up shoe..I'd be about six..screamed the place down.

rabbit in costco's, never knew that, so there is a market for it, perhaps i'll try it,
cheers Mac

Glass, that scarred me. And erm....guns, they scarred me as well. Several stitches there. Bikes, more sutures.....

Used to look under the bed every night convinced there'd be someone there.....chalk on a blackboard still can't bear that noise

earwigs - terrified they'd get in my ears
and cockroaches...well

'Red Clogs'

rabbit is absolutely delicious,and according to clarrisa dickson wright(one of the two fat ladies)badger is delicious,when rabbit was a luxury,common folk scoffed badger.anyone for brock steaks.

Childhood thing that scared you

for a few on here.....i should imagine looking in a mirror

Lighting and still am as a child in the 40s I was in bed when it hit our house, we had to move out till it had been repaired


Anyone going to Bolton market will find loads of full rabbits for sale, but look for stalls that sell rabbit peaces, then look for the back peace it's about 4" long get them to make your rabbit stew but expect to pay top price for them as that's the best part of the rabbit

Sorry to disagree Dougie but when I worked at Dewhursts rabbit was very popular, it was cut into five pieces,central back, two pieces from the front including oneleg each and the same for the back. These back leg pieces contained as much meat as all the others put together and are the best ones.

when the sixpenny metre ran out .

we had rabbit plenty of times as a kid. Not a lot of money coming in,rabbit stew was a welcome meal. We had it quite a few times as a married couple before mixamatosis,didnt fancy it after that . Our market has them regular, but if you do buy one, buy with the head on, or at least the skin .This will guarrantee you are not getting a cat.
As for supermarket rabbit peices, I grabbed a bag and never gave em a thought until I was ready to put some in a stew and read the country of origin, China,they went in the bin .Not bothered since

Weatherwax, I hold my hand up to your knowledge of rabbits ,the reason I say the back is because of the small bones in the rest of the rabbit when making a stew with veg & barley

During the war my mother worked at the local farm , cleaning & other jobs depending on the season, we had rabbit at least once a week & enjoyed it , The farmer kept us in eggs & cuts from killing a pig + spuds, I have never had rabbit though since about 1950.

We had a dog that was as soft as mi pocket, one day it came in with a rabbit in its mouth,my dad said , Nay hers never catched a rabbit, he took it off her & found it was already gutted, she had pinched it from local butchers,

Leythers Terrifying place As for Rappit, me grandma used to make Rabbit Stew or a Rabbit Pie for me and my dad, my mum and sisters would not come with us when that delicacy was being served but that is what Barley was invented for

tommy tramp when i lived down wallgate as a kid , i dont like rabbit stew but roast rabbit is nice lol, use catch rabbits with my ferrets and nets also shoot them at parbold even with farmers permision some times lol , and pass them on to the old folk at the bungalows ,

The Devil... somebody told me I would see the devil in me sleep because I saw an open grave running through the church yard on my way home from school... i where terrified

Quatermass


hid behind the couch.

Someone had written "The Ghost Walks Tonight" on the papershop wall near our house in Ince. I would have been around eight I think, and I slept with my head under the blankets that night, absolutely terrified! I found out years later that it means it's pay-day!

The floor 1:45

Can't find the one where Siadwell describes his fear of the 'Fffffffffffffffff'.

Pressure Cookers!! When i was little about 5 or 6 years old i remember watching my mum making the sunday dinner she always used her pressure cooker then there was an almighty rumble and the thing exploded i swear i have never been as scared in my whole life. I never came across them after that as she didnt get another one, then a few years ago i was at my ex mother in laws and there it was in the kitchen i ran out of there so fast so obviously that fear has stayed with me

Mirrors scare 'some people' apparently.
They imagine looking in them.

peas

told if you did not behave RED CLOGS would come and get you(who was red clogs)

Nowt wrong with rabbit apart from being very bony. I live in Spain and it is a common dish there.

I have eaten rabbit all my life and I still love it.

Nanny Green Teeth's Brother.

My grandma,s outside lav, there was a gap of about 10ins under the door and my cousin told me that rats would come and bite my bum. I was about five.