My grandma told me if you ate the crust or the "heel" of bread you would have rosey cheeks and would be able to whistle. I've never had rosey cheecks or been able to whistle!!
A childhood belief about crusts

others believed things like this
- If you ate the bread crust you would be able to whistle.Anon
- My mom used to tell me that bread crust made you whistle just so i would eat it.— emily
- i used to believe that u had to learn to whistle to become an adult...i still can't whistle— whistle
- My mun told me that if I ate my breadcrusts I would be able to whistle.— Iain
- I use to really belive if I pulled my granpa's finger I would hear a whistle..
ya right— Numnuts© - We were told that the bread crust is more healthy than the centre.— Arnon