When I was little my cousin told me that if I didn't lick my blood after I got cut, I woudl eventually run out of blood and die, so I did...for at least 3 years before my mom told me the truth.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- We were always told that if we drank vinegar our blood would dry up— Mike B. London
- I used to believe that salt would dry up all of my blood because my mother told me so.— Charlotte H
- I used to believe that guns shot out blood because everytime somebody shot a gun in a movie you saw blood.Anon
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon