When I first started school I remember our *very* scary teacher took out a tin of black soap and said that if anyone ever said any bad words she would wash their mouth out with it and it would stain their mouth for weeks so that everyone would know! Of course there's always some (not me!) who have to push it, and one time we honestly thought she was going to but the bell rang.....
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- when i was little, i thought that you could pull your eyeballs and wash them in your mouth— beak
- My mom used to say that if I said bad words, poop would appear in my mouth— Nina
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle
- when i was little i asked what time midnight mass started.
i honestly had no idea.— what time?? - I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- i used to belive that when the doctor opened his mouth and went aaaaaa i thought he was trying to eat me.— matt