@killersundy: I moved from England to Ireland as a very little boy and kept lots of the lovely English children’s books. The contrast in tone with some of the Irish ones was huge. Going back to England on tour this month. Tickets available in my bio. Dates below. NOVEMBER : 5th Cambridge - Junction 10th Newcastle - The Stand 11th Leeds - Lending Room 12th Sheffield - Steamworks 13th Manchester - Fairfield Social Club 14th Bristol - Alma Theatre 15th Birmingham - Glee 18th Brighton - Komedia 19th London - Leicester Square Theatre 21st Edinburgh - Monkey Barrel 22nd Glasgow - Blackfriars
i wonder if there’s some historical relationship between Britain and Ireland that could explain this discrepancy
2026-11-04 15:56:45
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user2496473901562 :
American ones: The butt farted and the poop fairy is here
2026-11-04 20:22:46
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Elizaxmichele :
Scottish children’s books: you cannae push your granny off a bus
2026-11-04 22:31:46
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Steve :
And then there’s German children’s stories, which all seem to boil down to “naughty and greedy children will be grievously tortured”
2026-11-04 16:56:00
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christenraymond52 :
“Said the Priest, who had crawled out from a bush.” 😂
2026-11-04 19:49:27
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BhaalSack :
We read 'Under the Hawthorn Tree' in primary school. I still remember the bit where the kids are laying in bed listening to their mother crying while the babies coughs get weaker and weaker until they stop altogether. Then realising in horror at the start of the next chapter that the title of the book is referring to where they bury the babies body.
2026-11-04 16:57:35
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Michael.Stewmacher :
Ah I remember that book fondly from my childhood- “Your Mammy’s Dead and it’s Your Fault” by Declan McSorrow.
2026-11-05 09:47:27
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Ismiseted :
This is the reason we used to play famine as children
2026-11-04 16:21:54
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laikaflew :
Ahh, Under The Hawthorn Tree, how you shaped me
2026-11-04 15:15:22
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Johnny :
We do love a bit of hardship in Ireland[Crying]
2026-11-06 15:06:19
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🌺Barbie's Roastbeef🌺 :
Irish kids after their bedtime stories
2026-11-04 17:32:58
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Nemo :
Irish version slaps
2026-11-11 07:17:34
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fizz lee :
ah yes, under the hawthorn tree
2026-11-09 19:28:12
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Mary Berries 🍒 :
now do german children's books... SCARRING.
2026-11-10 13:01:48
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charliecraig543 :
the narrator for the Irish portion
2026-11-07 14:30:04
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Frau Dingenskirchens :
German classic kids books: “hold my beer”
2026-11-09 16:31:53
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miss bananarose :
the damp gets into your bones and chills your soul - Angela’s Ashes probably
2026-11-09 13:44:39
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Jad :
All the Australian ones were always based on animals and food. The hungry caterpillar, possum magic (which is about food and geography), there was one about an echidna I can’t remember the name of and a koala one too, plus a few fish.
2026-11-05 11:44:45
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Diana Lozano :
Meanwhile, Mexican children’s stories: “And then his boot came off while he was dancing, and instead of a foot, he had a goat’s hoof!!... And the mother drowned her children and now wanders around crying for them. If you hear her nearby, she’s far away. If you hear her far away, she’s nearby. Also, don’t accept money from the handsome cowboy dressed in black. He’s the devil and he’ll take your soul.” Anyway, sweet dreams, mi amor. 🥰
2026-11-07 06:04:05
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MJR Schneider :
The Canadian children’s books I was read as a child are much like the British ones except they were written by a depressed alcoholic.
2026-11-05 00:02:08
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darell issa rae :
And that’s why Ireland has more literary giants.
2026-11-05 16:35:51
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Holly :
And when you finish your book you can watch Angela’s Ashes
2026-11-04 20:39:23
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Mic :
This is also me reading English classics vs German classics. English classics: these two people are in love and will get married! German classics: so this is Michael and he committed mass murder. And he will do it again.
2026-11-07 10:12:43
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29 Degrees Chocolatiers :
Found this in Florence last year
2026-11-06 10:32:42
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PickleandTuxie :
I mostly grew up in England with my Dad while my Mum and Stepmum were in Australia. They sent me books regularly including one where the heroine is abandoned, gets tuberculosis, nearly dies, then is finally well and back with her loving family when she dies because a gum tree falls on her! Dad let me phone Australia at exorbitant 1970s rates to say: ‘How the hell is this a kids’ book?!? What is wrong with your country?!?’
2026-11-05 01:54:42
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