When I was a child my mother reliably informed me that if I didn't wash behind my ears I would grow mushrooms. I held this belief so long I can't tell you! And now of course....I tell my children the same.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle
- When I was a child I used to believe that smurfs lived in the mushrooms. So I didn't use to eat.— Ezgi
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod
- i used to believe that if i ate mushrooms they would grow on me— gwen
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- I used to believe that if I didnt wash behind my ears, they'd fall off...— Karina