when i was about 5 i had this scary dream about a devil popping up from the toilet and pulling me into his dungeon. i didn't use the toilet for days, and would go to the bathroom in the tub or outside...i was so scared of the devil! my mum soon noticed, and told me it couldn't happen.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- i used to be scared to use the bathroom becuase i believed something lived in the toilet.— robert allen freeman the fourth
- My sisters told me, and I still believe, that the 'Hokey Pokey' is the Devil's song.— You shake it all about...
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.