I remeber when i was young my nana used to say that when you farted you were letting some of your soul escape. So i used to hold it in until i got really bad cramps. Needless to say i stopped believing when i was rushed into hospital.
A childhood belief about farting
others believed things like this
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy
- i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill
- That only men farted. I literally started sobbing the first time I realized I farted.Anon
- i used to believe that when you had cramps your appendix would blow up.— Avery
- I used to believe that January 1st was that day that everyone rushed to the stores to by a new calender.— Dan - NC