When we were little and wanted to eat candy first thing in the morning - especially around holidays when there were a lot more sweets in the house - my mother alwasy told us that if we ate candy before breakfast we'd get WORMS!!
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- When I was little my parents would tell me if I ate candy before noon I would get worms.— Jenny
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- I used to think that cotton candy was made from actual cotton so I never wanted to try itAnon
- When I Was Little,I Used To Believe Clouds Were Candy FlossAnon