When I was little and told my parents I was full from dinner, they would tell me to open my mouth, look in it, and then say, "no your not." I used to think there were these little jars in the back of my mouth that would fill up and tell them if I was full or not.
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- I used to believe that if I slept with my mouth open that spiders would crawl in there and live in my stomachAnon
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon
- I used to believe that if you told a lie, Dragonflies will come and sew your mouth shut. For real.— Casey
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon