10'o clock horses

[trinity]

when i was little and was being a pain at bedtime my mum and dad threatened me with the 10'oclock horses,i.e.if i didnt get to bed by 10 the horses would come to take me away.
i dont know if its just a regional thing (most of my friends remember the horses too)
my parents never elaborated on the horses,but just the thought of them had me quaking under my blankets!!
has anybody else heard of this?
by the way,i grew up to be a fairly sane adult and get along just fine with my parents (and horses) surprising really!!!

[Heather74]

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Blimey thats enough to give anyone night MARES, Mares get it!!!

[sixtyten]

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Groan

[Heather74]

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It's the way I tell em

[Heather74]

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talking about thing that scared the living daylights out of you as a kid,Terrahawks did it for me.

[Cal]

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never heared about the horses..........but i have heared about the slipper, that was taken off my mums foot and launched at my bum cheek if i didnt go to bed

[Heather74]

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We were told the boogie man would get us,if we wandered more than a street away from home .It worked though!

[andria]

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talking about thing that scared the living daylights out of you as a kid,Terrahawks did it for me.

Zelda terrified the life out of me, could'nt watch it on my own. got too scared!!!!1:cry:

[Heather74]

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That's the one Zelda, she was gross,I hid everytime I saw her,Nasty mean old witch.

[sixtyten]

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separated at birth?

[Heather74]

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OMG now all my childhood nightmares have come back x 2 , Wont be sleeping for a week now.Cheers Daz, We love u 2. she is actually twice as scarey as I remembered.:cry:

[bumblelady]

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the things i was told were, jack frost would come and bite my toes if i didnt cover them up, and sleep tight dont let the bed bugs bite, i thought i slept with bugs

[MommaMystique]

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Nan had the requisite Bogeyman in her bedroom closet. Ginny Greenteeth lived in the local beck/canal/river.

[Sharc]

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My mum used to say it to us when we were kids
I heard it came from years ago men with horse and carts used to come empty the human waste from the old outside toilets

[Richard1978]

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My mum used to say it to us when we were kids
I heard it came from years ago men with horse and carts used to come empty the human waste from the old outside toilets

That's why sewage is sometimes known as night soil.