When I was about 5 yrs old, a friend told me to never eat the ends of a banana because that is where the tarantula layed its eggs. Horrified, that no one else knew about this but us, I would diligently cut the ends off before consuming. Now, 27 years later after I learned it wasn't true, I'm still cutting off the ends out of habit. Hey, you never know.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- When I was little I USED to THINK that hair grows by the ends.— Sirin
- I used to believe that sky ends at the horizon and by crossing it we can go to another world..— Debasish Satapathy
- I used to believe that wind was created by the trees, that it came out of the ends of their branches. — STeve
- I used to believe that farts were triangular with the ends rounded so they wounded hurt.Anon
- My mom was always talking about "making
ends meat" but I don't ever remember having it served at dinner!— John Stees - I used to suck on the ends of batteries intent on gaining super electric powers. Anon