My mum told me that saying 'sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite' and that used to scare the living daylights out of me!!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- My Mum told me she invented skipping and I believed her and told all my friends - still living that one downAnon
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- my grandpa told me if you pick your nose too far then a snail will bite your finger off haAnon
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon