My stepfather told me that if I swallowed too large a lump of food, it would twist my voicebox so that I would never be able to swallow again and have to be fed with a tube.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- I used to beleive, that if you swallowed a seed the food would grow in your body.Anon
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria
- My grandpa told me when I was little that if you swallow chewing gum your butt will be sticky— Lili
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la