My uncle told me that eating bread crust would put hair on my chest. Being a girl, hair on the chest was NOT a desirable trait. I refused to eat another crust of bread.
A childhood belief about crusts

others believed things like this
- i used to think that bread crust would make my hair curlyAnon
- i used to believe that if u eat the crust on bread that ur hair would become curly...wow i was stupid :)— ~philbert~
- i used to believe if i ate the crust of bread it would make my hair curly— kate
- my friend thought that if he ate the crust on bread, his hair would be curly.Anon
- We were told that the bread crust is more healthy than the centre.— Arnon
- If you ate the bread crust you would be able to whistle.Anon