I'm terrified of spiders because when i was about 7 a friend of mine told me that there was a kind of spider that would spit on you and make all your skin fall off.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- A friend on mine thought that smoking menthal cigarettes would make his breath minty fresh.Anon
- My friend's sister believed the lyrics to Gazza's "Fog on the Tyne" were "Fog on the dinasaurs mine all mine"— Suzanne
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon