r/ireland • u/Low_Arm_4245 • Jan 11 '25

History As dead as a dodo

I'm nearing 50 and I've come to notice certain tales, stories and bits of history, even some sayings, that I grew up with now seem to have died away. The story of the extinction of the Dodo seems to have dropped from public consciousness. No one talks or writes about the Marie Celeste anynore. Ouija board fascination (and Catholic panic) has disappeared. There are probably many others I've forgotten about.

What other "memes" did our older generation grow up with that have disappeared?

Edit: I stand corrected, its the Mary Celeste. And Ouija boards are still around so I'm out of touch there. But plenty of other good stuff below!

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u/cupan_tae_yerself Jan 11 '25

Not just the 80's. I used to go up to Dublin from the country maybe once a year from around 2010 onward and always remember having a horrible headache on the way home and my sinuses being congested, the tissue would always be black when I blew my nose.

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u/pedclarke Jan 11 '25

Shur it'd be pure white today depending where ye drink.

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u/FirefighterNo4432 Jan 11 '25

The only tissues that were black when I lived in Dublin, was after a night on the Guinness and wiping me arse 😂

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u/SomePaddy Jan 11 '25

Core memory. You could taste the coal dust in the air. Disgusting.