My grandmother used to tell my siblings and I that if we drank too much pickle juice our blood would dry up!
A childhood belief about gherkins

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you drank vinegar that your blood would dry up.— Emily Hughes
- We were always told that if we drank vinegar our blood would dry up— Mike B. London
- I used to think that if you drank too much milk and had a nosebleed, your blood would be white.— Tina
- I thought that grape juice was called "great juice". Anon
- I used to believe that men drank beer and women drank wine. Anon
- I used to believe a pickle was a smaller version of the cucumber.Anon