When I was a child I believed that as you ate your feet filled up, then your legs and so on all the way up your body, until you were "full up" when the food finally arrived at your mouth
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that as I ate food, I filled up, and that once I filled up completely, I would die. Anon
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.
- I use to believe that all the food you ate went to your feet.— Honz
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon
- i use to bleave that a belly buttion was another mouth on my body and i will try to feed it— come on down and lets play tpir!