My dad told me that if I went into the pool just after eating that I would get Polio. We knew a old man that had Polio and he lost his legs ... needless to say I still wait 30 minutes after eating to go into the water.
A childhood belief about swimming pools
others believed things like this
- i used to think that you would die if you didn't wait 30 minutes to go into the pool after eating. (^^)— cady
- When I was little, my mom told me that too much ice cream caused polio!— Angie
- My mom used to tell me that ice cream caused polio.Anon
- You had to wait an hour after eating ANYTHING, even one M&M, before swimming. Anon
- I used to believe eating fish enables me to live underwater and eating veggy makes me prettier!— Melody
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California