When me or my brothers pouted and stuck our lip out my Dad would say that little birds were going to land on my lip and pinch it. when I looked away with my lip still out, my Dad would somehow get his finger up there and pinch me. He still does it when we pout. But we hardly ever pout.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that there were lobsters in the toilet and if I didn't look they would come up and pinch me.— Traumatized
- When I was little, I used to believe that people REALLY DID need a pinch to grow an inch.— Marjorie McNaughton
- that creases in clothes would pinch your skin — katy
- I remember being scared of the ocean for a while as a little kid. I thought lobsters would pinch my toes.— Flipper
- My Dad use to tell me if I pouted and stuck my lower lip out, a bird would come and poop on my lip.— Tom
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon