3. The Coconut Man

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Duérmete, niño, duérmete ya. Que viene el coco y te comerá. Translated from Spanish, that means, “Go to sleep child, go to sleep now. The coconut man will come and eat you.” During 16th and 17th centuries, parents in Spain would sometimes use the threat of the coconut man, who according to legend, had a head that looked much like a coconut. If children refused to go to bed when their parents told them, they were told that he would come and carry them away in a sack.