My mother convinced me that if I swallowed a pit, especially a lichii pit, it would be caught in the appendix and give me appendicitis.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you accidentally ate grape pips you 'd get appendicitis.— Sue Beach
- i used to believe that when you had cramps your appendix would blow up.— Avery
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie
- I thought Maria Carey's 1998 ballad was 'I'd give my arms' instead of 'I'd give my all'.— Briony Maggs
- My mother's name was Anna. She was called "Annemor"(Duck mama). I was convinced I was a duckling.— Christine Norway