my brother used to tell me that if i didn't eat a lot of butter, my hair would fall out. i would eat butter by itself.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- My mother told me if I ate too much butter I'd get worms. I didn't eat too much butter...— Dicky
- When I was a little boy, I thought that hair was made out of peanut butter.Anon
- I used to believe that peanut butter was lobster poo.— PaulH(nz)
- I used to think that butterflies made butter— Christophe R.
- I used to think butterflies were made of butter.Anon
- My daughter thought that ear wax was peanut butter.— Bobbiemac