i thought that those dried big glob of glue inside food wrappers were gum. i always peal them off and start chewing and wondered why they couldn't put a better taste there.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- I thought that elmers glue was made from milk, since it had that cow on the glue bottle. — Monty
- I used to think cut and paste meant there were scissors and glue inside the computer!Anon
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I thought that the Chewit wrappers were different flavours as they were different colours like the sweets— Helen