i used to believe that blue smarties were poisonous; my mum told me if children ate them they would die, so i always had to give them to her.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon
- The lollypop man's job was to give children lollypops.
How disappointed I was when I met one. :DAnon - I used to honestly think that Smarties were medicine.Anon
- when i was a child i used to think that my belly button was for storing smarties— GemSue
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- i used to think that the red colourin gon Smarties was made from Beatles blood. In fact, I still do!!— pigsy