When I was around 6, there was a rumour going around school that Quavers and Nerds contained glass. I thought that if eaten, they would travel down your arms and legs and they would cut open and you would bleed to death!
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I used to think that grapefruits contained grapes, and you got grapes by cutting the grapefruit open.— Grapefruit
- We were told at school by the evil dinner ladies that apple pips contained arsenic.....Anon
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff
- I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly