I used to say "Shut up the hull" instead of "Shut up the h***," according to my mom.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that dragonflies would sew your mouth shut.Anon
- i used to believe that drangonfly's would sew your mouth shutAnon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- I believed that "shut up" was cussing so i said it 1 million times— Kyla
- I used to believe that if you told a lie, Dragonflies will come and sew your mouth shut. For real.— Casey
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon