My grandmother told my mum that if you chew juicy-fruit you would become a prostitute, I have no idea why. She beleived this up until the point when she saw a freind chew some and told her she was a prostitute.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- I used to believe that a prostitute was like a prosecutor.— Not As Innocent Anymore
- Until I was about 11 or 12 I thought that "prostitute" referred to a female criminal.Anon
- i used to think that being a prostitute was a religion. (sort of like protestant i guess?)Anon
- I thought when you chew gum and you swallot it you would choke and die o_o— Courtney