My mother used to tell me to stop chewing on my hair or else it would take root and start to grow between my teeth.
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- i used to believe that root beer was made with root juice and beer— tm
- I used to believe that if I swallow chewing gum, a rubber tree will grow on my head!— Farry Aprianto
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon