my older cousin told me that kids who ate too much candy wouldnt grow. ever. i was a short kid. i loved candy.
i tried from then on not to eat candy but she said that it was too late for me. i cried for days.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- When I Was Little,I Used To Believe Clouds Were Candy FlossAnon
- I used to believe when I was young that Poland was made entirely of candy.— Jenn
- ***I used to believe that the candyman was someone who would come and steal your candy or poisen it.— C H R I S T E N