when I was little my uncle told me that if I ate the brown bits in bananas I would get cancer. He also told me to hold my breath when I went under power lines, or I would also get cancer.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you ate the black bits on chips you would instantly die of cancer.— jayne
- My mom told me if I picked my nose, I would get cancer.— xxXSaraXxx
- My sisters once told me if I blinked too much I would get cancer.
How mean... D:— Budster - My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj