My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- I used to belive that when I would poop I was feeding all the fishies that got flushed downthe toilet!— Fish Feeder
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- My sisters told me, and I still believe, that the 'Hokey Pokey' is the Devil's song.— You shake it all about...
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa