I used to believe that if you chewed on your hair you would grow worms in your tummy... of course I only believed this because my mother insisted that it was true. Until I was in college did I realize that it was just something that she made up!
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- When I was five, I used to believe that worms grow into snakes.— Mz Dimple