When i was younger, when i pouted, my mom would tell me that a grasshopper would land on my lower lip. i never understood what she was trying to gain by saying that and she never seemed to understand that didnt make me stop pouting because that was all she said.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My Dad use to tell me if I pouted and stuck my lower lip out, a bird would come and poop on my lip.— Tom
- I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - My aunts use to tell me that when I pouted the crows would come and bite my lips. Anon
- My Dad told me that Soy Sauce was made of grasshopper spit! I didn't eat it for YEARS!— TawnyKat
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin
- I used to believe that if you jumped off the top of a bunk bed, you'd magically gain superpowers.Anon