I used to believe that if I had mentioned rude words I would would lose my tongue and not be able to talk again and I would go strait to hell!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when sombady when to the bathroom in the plane it would go strait out and fall on sombody— Tony Magana
- I used to believe that if you said hell 50 times you went to hell— a big boff
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- As a child, my twin sister and I used to pronounce `Spaghetti' as `Mastaghetti'. Sounds a bit rude, no? Anon
- I used to believe that when you grow up, you lose your given name and become just Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Whoever.— Andrew Buc
- Whenever on of my parents let one lose, they would say, "Barking Spiders!"— Ginger