That"s what our parents used to say to make sure we stayed in bed and went to sleep at night!
Looking back on it now it seems a terrible thing to frighten a child with.
We were told the Bogey Man hid under the bed, (so we kept our feet well and truly tucked in!)and he lurked in dark corners and cupboards.
No wonder we were scared of the dark!
As I got a bit older I too, I"m sorry to say,teased my siblings with the Bogey Man.We did used to laugh about it after though.
It appears that there are quite a few countries that have Bogey men,or similar stories.Sometimes it"s to try and protect the children so that they don"t go too close to water etc.
Were you ever told stories like this?
Does a fear you learned in childhood still affect you today?

When I was about 14, I lived next door to an old lady who was in her 80s.
Everytime there was a thunder storm she would bang on the wall and I used to have to go and sit with her.
Apparantly her mother used to lock her in a cupboard under the stairs as a child, and all those years later she was still frightened.

We were told that if we didn't go to sleep straight away the Sandman would come and rub sand into our eyes. Oddly enough, I can't actually remember him ever doing so.

Christ, I must have been a creepy little kid. Ive thought abut this and there was nothing that bothered me.
Im more worried about stuff now Im adult than I was as a kid, I hope that any kid I have isnt as wierd as I was.

My son hated the Daleks when he was around 3 or 4 years of age.Maybe the raucous cry of"Exterminate! Exterminate!"didn"t help.
Also he was given a wind up toy dalek that scared the life out of him.
Neither could we watch Michael Crawford in "Some Mothers do Have "em"
All because he saw one episode with MC hanging upside down with his head in the toilet!
Ever after,just the sound of the theme music to Some Mother"s used to cause our son to cry out "Don"t Like it!Don"t like it!"

My mum had a belt she would take it to our bare back sides if we didnt go to bed.We didnt need tall tales we had our own true nightmare.
I don't say nothing to my kids i just tuck them up in bed and kiss them good night.charlie x x