6. The healing powers of 7up and toast
If you found yourself with an upset stomach, there were two things you were always given to help cure you: dry toast (without butter) and numerous glasses of flat 7up. Medicine was not an option here because, for some reason, you felt miraculously recovered after a feed of these.
7. Immersion Heater
One of the key parts of any Irish household, this was used to heat water before a bath. One of the biggest crimes you could commit as a child was to leave the immersion on when heading out for the day. Due to the immense fear of this happening, you had to check the immersion at least three times before leaving home. The stuff of nightmares growing up.
8. Pub food essentials as a child
Of course, many Irish occasions such as christenings and even funerals ended up with the entire family traipsing off to the local pub. As a child, you were almost bribed to behave yourself by being treated to a never-ending collection of glass bottles of Club Orange and salt and vinegar Taytos. What more could you want?
9. Halloween brack
One thing that always was present in your house at Halloween time was a giant slab of Halloween brack. At the ready for visitors and family alike, the most important aspect of the brack was the ring that was inside the cake. Every year, you and your siblings would cut slice after slice, fighting tooth and nail to claim the slice that had the ring inside of it.
10. The threat of the wooden spoon
You knew you were in serious danger when you heard the kitchen drawer opening after misbehaving at home. Instead of being used prominently for baking, the wooden spoon was a weapon of mass destruction in an Irish household. The threat alone would put any child off fighting with their brothers and sisters.
