When I was very young, I thought that when you had laryngitis, it was actually Larry and Jitis, two little men who jumped down your throat and stole your voice. So when I came down with it, my mother told me that I had laryngitis, and I cried because I was upset over two men jumping down my throat and stealing my voice.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- All through life, I always thought the lungs were located in your throat. I'm 25.— thelungs,man
- I used to believe clip on bow ties were inserted into your throat and that is how they stayed in placeAnon
- i didn't beleive this, but a kid my sister knew thought if he screamed in a really high voice, he ran faster.Anon
- That if a pig loses its voice, it's disgruntled.Anon
- I used to sing at the top of my voice "OLD GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN"— claire
- When I was a kid I though facial hair on a man is what gave them the deep voice — Adrian Z.