When i was little I used to believe that the bristles on my toothbrush had big scary mouths that ate the plaque off your teeth. So then i was afraid that the bistles would eat my tounge. So i was always afraid to ever brush my teeth which might explain my mouth fungus......HAHA! jk.
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I read in a book that if you ever swallowed toothbrush bristles then you would get appendicitus!— Amy
- I used to believe when i was about 4 (now 15) that dinosours died because they didn't brush their teeth— gullable
- I used to think that cockroaches would visit your house if you didn't brush your teeth.Anon
- I thought "Angel of the Moring", by Juice Newton said "just brush me teeth before you leave me"!!!Anon