When i was about 8 My mum heard me swearing. She told me it was bad and that if I done it it would turn my mouth black then later on that day I had been eating liquorice which of course turned my mouth black and I had thought it was because I swore! I never swore for quite some time after that!
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- I was told that if your ever swore in church, as you walked out God would strike you with a bolt of lightning.— Lou
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- i used to belive that if you swore you would be arrested— kd
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby