I lived with my grandparents growing up and my grandma loved to bake. Every time she would make cookies, i would sneak dough out of the bowl before she baked them. Whenever I got caught my grandpa would tell me not to eat it because a tapeworm would grow in my stomach and that my worm would move around in my stomach to try and get out. It didnt scare me enough to not eat the dough, but then I would lie down with my hand on my stomach trying to feel the worm moving
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- I used to think that growing pains meant that a tomato plant was growing in your stomach.— Annette
- i used to think poo was a worm in me that ate leftovers that my tummy didnt want, that was full and left.— vanessa
- I thought a stomach ache was a stomach egg— Catherine