I used to believe that the white part of a watermelon rind was very poisonous. The red could be eaten only so far and the white must be avoided. With a mother that would not allow food to be wasted, nibbling close to the white part, as required by her, was nerve wracking.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the white part in fish meat is because of the fish's milk— Kim
- I used to think that the song "Just like white winged dove" by Stevie Nicks was "Just like the white window" — Julia
- Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"
— WailerMan - i used to think that white dog pooh that you used to see a lot was what little white scottie dogs didAnon
- I wish to beleive that white Christmast was for white people.— Ati Mosupyoe
- My poop was always around the same color as my skin so I assumed white people's poop was white.— jaycee