When I was little, I used to believe that salt could absorb water (because eating salt always made me thirsty I suppose). So, I decided to do a little experiment. I took a plastic cup and filled it with water and salt. I left it in one of my desk drawers that I didn't use and forgot about it for years! When I moved, I found it and, alas, the water was not gone. To this day, if you open that drawer, you will smell salt!
A childhood belief about salt
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I use to believe, when I put salt in my bath water I will turn into a mermaid.— marletha
- I thought that veruca salt was green salt— Ninny
- I used to think that salt grew on salt trees.Anon
- I was told when I was little that eating too much salt on your food would "dry up your blood".Anon
- I used to believe that belly buttons were for putting the salt in while you were eating celery in bed.— David T
- I used to believe that my belly button was for putting salt in while in bed, eating fish and chips.— Julie F