when i was little my mom told me that if i didn't wash my mouth after eating i'd grow a moustache. i thought men were really disgusting people.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- when i was little, i thought that you could pull your eyeballs and wash them in your mouth— beak
- i used to believe that if u didnt wash behind your ears potatos would grow in the dirt— michelle
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod
- i thought that when it was your birthday you grow and then you didn't grow until a years time.— hello