I will never drink a cup of tea to the bottom, as when I was about seven my younger brother convinced me that the tea leaves were poisonous if swallowed
A childhood belief about nasty food
others believed things like this
- My mum used to tell me that you couldn't drink water out of the tap from the bathroom as it was poisonous.Anon
- When I was about seven, I was utterly convinced that chickens had leaves and trees had feathers.— Confused
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- I used to think that if you mixed a diet drink with a regular drink, it would explode. Anon
- I used to think that leaves fell from the sky.— Chrono
- My brother once convinced me that the wind was "leftover hurricanes"— Tufty the Squirrel