When I was in pre-school, my friends and I would chew on the stuff in plant stems because an older kid told us it was "Indian chewing gum"
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- Right when I started school, I believed that you could get kicked out of school for chewing gum. — Rheeb
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- When I was a kid, I used to believe a nuclear plant was a clouds plant and could make magic clouds.— Tommy
- I was always told that if you swollowed chewing gum your Bum would stick together.— Missa