I believed that if I swallowed my phlegm I would die. I spent hours spitting it out into the toilet.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- my dad said to me once that if I swallowed toothpast one day I would die! I believed it till I was 12!!!— Floobloom
- When i was a kid i believed that you died if you swallowed chewing gum.— Jonathan
- When I was a kid I believed that if you swallowed a fruit pip that treees would grow from your ears.— Liz Smith