What Do You Call "Sleep" in Your Eyes?
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This morning I woke up with "sand" in my eyes, this is what my Mum called it, from Mr Sandman send me a dream, make it the cutest ... She only used to say that part of the lyrics
I have always called it this, what do you call it?
I looked it up and the correct name is Rheum
When I was a kid, I thought The Sand man came and sprinkled sand on your eyes when you slept to bring you Good dreams. The imagery is so much nicer than a snotty eye 
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If a female wakes up with it in her eyes, it is known as fairy dust but if a male has it then it is called fairy crap.
I like fairy dust it's along the same lines as what I thought The Sand Man was, as a kid I used to read a lot of Enid Blyton & loved the Faraway Tree series 
Please don't ask why....but we've always known it as ducks meat.... haha. I'm 43 and even to this day call it that. My mam told us it, .. we are northern but its defo not a northern tradition lol
I've always just called it 'sleep' because my grandmother does, fun fact, dogs can get 'sleep' too! 
I was always told it was poop and if you were nice that day it would be fairy poop and if you were bad it would be cinderellas stepmothers. Always got me to wash my face in the morning too 
I just call it sleep, I don't think I like some of the other names for it mentioned here!
I like that one, it's always cute when a kid comes up with a name, we still call the TV remote control the "doot"
Congratulations you have won the prize for the worst name it's even worst than eye boggies/snot
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