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Lock or barricade yourself in, and move away from the door".

"It was a 'bit of craic' to burn buses on the Falls Road; it was a 'bit of craic' to barricade yourself into the area so the Brits couldn't get in; it was a 'bit of craic' to hijack the local bread lorry and then give the bread out free to the residents.

Among the eerie scenes of beady-eyed fowl freaking out their human foes with synchronised staring, there are a couple of salutary lessons about how to fend off such pecks offenders: avoid telephone boxes and children's playgrounds, and – if all else fails – barricade yourself inside a house, block up the chimney and be very, very quiet.

You manage to barricade yourself behind an upturned table in the corner, and just when you think things can't get any worse, a bunch of thugs from the rough pub next door hear there's some trouble and decide to use the opportunity to take over the pub and make it as lawless as the one they've come from (where people have been brawling non-stop for the best part of a decade).

Look around and figure out the areas where you could "contain a threat," lock down, seek shelter and barricade yourself.

The ghouls and ghosts are taking to the streets for some mayhem on Halloween, and that's all the more reason to barricade yourself in the comfort of your home with a few holiday-appropriate craft beers.

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They embody the idea — a popular one in architecture today — that getting an education should not be about barricading yourself inside a monastery but participating fully in public life.

So, even in the city, if you were rich enough, you further barricaded yourself behind the thick walls and guarded doorways, of your family compound.

So, if you're sick of barricading yourself in your home or fancy something creepier than the local trick or treat, this is the list for you.

It involves barricading yourself in a room for a week while you listen to the person you love most cry hysterically all night, because you have broken a sacred bond and changed the rules of the game.

Protect yourself by barricading yourself somewhere--a bathroom or building of some sort, your car.

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