I was told by my parents that if I lied to them they would know because my tongue would go black, I really thought that was true for years.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- I use to believe that if you told a story/lie you would get a bump on your tongue.Anon
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- 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
- When I was a kid I thought that when my parents were kids, the world was black and white and had no color...— KKM
- i always thought that people always died with their tongue hanging out— Ernesto Shredder