When I was little I was told that if I swallowed my chewing gum it would wrap around my heart.
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I swallowed chewing gum, it would wrap around my heart and strangle me— "Tusitala"
- That if you wet a sweet wrap and put it in the freezer overnight, you'd get chewing gum.— Roxie van Renbsurg
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones