i used to believe that if you yawned without covering your mouth that an evil spirit would enter into your body. i remember one night in bed i forgot to cover my mouth as i yawned. i was up for several hours scared to death.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you burped and yawned at the same time your eyes would pop out— kelso
- I used to believe that if I stood at the top of the stairs, closed my eyes and yawned, I flew down them— Sam
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- i use to bleave that a belly buttion was another mouth on my body and i will try to feed it— come on down and lets play tpir!
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota