I was convinced that if you didn't wash your hands after going to the bathroom, they would catch on fire. I'm not sure if someone told me this or if it was my own invention, but it worked!
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod
- 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
- Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle