When I was four or five, my brother told me that worms would crawl up my nose. So every time it rained and the worms would come out on the sidewalk, I would stand perfectly still, petrified with fear, and scream bloody murder until my mom came to "rescue" me.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that it rained worms, because the sidewalks were always covered with them after a rainfall.— Miss Naive
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- My mom told me that if I ate raw hotdogs or spoonfuls of sugar, I'd get worms. I believed her until I was 13.— seale
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY
- my grandma told me not to eat pizza coz the "brown squiggly" stuff there arent burnt cheese but WORMS!
— Mimi