when i was 10, i believed that if i was stung by an insect called a dragonfly, it would automatically sew up my lips so i couldn't open my mouth. Since the dragonflies looked like long sewing needles, that's why my older brother told me, to scare me. I didn't get over it until I was 15.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

you weren't the only one
23 of you believed this
- I used to believe that dragonflies could sew your lips together so that you couldn't eat. — Lori
- i used to believe that drangonfly's would sew your mouth shutAnon
- i used to believe that dragonflies would sew your mouth shut.Anon
- I used to believe that dragonfilies could sew your lips closed.— Nova
- i used to believe that dragonflies sewed your fingers together and then sucked your blood— Clare