THE hashtag Growing Up Irish has been trending on Twitter all weekend.
It's not the first time the hashtag has proved popular, last summer it took over Twitter , as reported by The Irish Post, with thousands of tweets about the funny things that Irish people experienced growing up.
Now, nostalgia is making another comeback with Irish Twitter sharing the oddities everyone who grew up in Ireland will relate to.
Here are a few of our favourites so far:
1. A handy catch-all phrase that means absolutely nothing in medical terms
Knowing someone who "took a turn" down the town. Covers everything from mild dizziness to massive coronary. #GrowingUpIrish
— Neil Delamere (@neildelamere) July 3, 2016
2. The cardinal sin
"Is the immersion still on?" #GrowingUpIrish
— Adrian Weckler (@adrianweckler) July 2, 2016
3. Because the dog doesn't answer back
#GrowingUpIrish
Knowing your Dad loves you as much but not more than the dog..— Andrew Maxwell (@andrewismaxwell) July 2, 2016
4. Culinary delights extended beyond Tayto sandwiches...
Marietta biscuits sangwidged together with butter #GrowingUpIrish
— Marian Keyes (@MarianKeyes) July 2, 2016
5. When you think back, Mass is really weird
Bricking it approaching the altar for First Communion wondering what a body actually tasted like. #GrowingUpIrish
— Philip Nolan (@philipnolan1) July 2, 2016
6. A haunting threat that stuck with lots of Irish children
Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about! #GrowingUpIrish
— Gwen (@Claredaisy) July 2, 2016
7. Oh good God, not the wooden spoon...RUN!
Who else remembers this awesome nostalgia #growingupirishpic.twitter.com/6dKUDbD4kC
— Offensive tweets (@triggrdtweets) June 29, 2016
8. Some good old fashioned romance
*at a disco*
*lad taps you on the shoulder and points behind him*
*Will you meet my friend?*#growingupirish
— Yolanda (@YolandaChiara) August 12, 2015
9. Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain
#GrowingUpIrish hearing "janey mack" instead of "Jesus Christ"
— victoria (@VikkieShep) December 15, 2015
10. A bit of quack medicine that really took hold in Ireland
"Ah! I just got stung by a nettle"
"Heres a Doc Leaf"#growingupirish
— Shauna (@shaumoo) August 11, 2015
11. Pity you can't remember anything useful
You can still recite the Our Father and the Hail Mary at breakneck speed as Gaeilge. #growingupcatholic#growingupirish
— Marianne Hassle (@tinyorc) July 25, 2015
12. How come NO ONE ever witnessed it?
Not being able to swing on ur chair because there was once a student that "cracked their head open" #GrowingUpIrish
— Emma Coleman (@emmac_2014) July 21, 2015
