My mum told me that if I swallowed my chewing gum, the gum would stick to my internal organs and I'd have to go for an operation to get the chewing gum out of me.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones
- I was always told that if you swollowed chewing gum your Bum would stick together.— Missa
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- When i was a kid i believed that you died if you swallowed chewing gum.— Jonathan