I thought that the reason I shouldn't take candy from strangers was that it was poisonous. My sister-in-law thought it was because it had drugs in it. We were both in our 30's when we compared notes.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I thought drug stores sold drugs. I never understood how they could sell illegal drugs.— Diana Rios
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- When I was little my parents used to tell me and my sister that carrots were "orange candy." — Nancy
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.