For several years I believed that if you stuck your tongue out near a horse, it would try to bite your tongue off. I thought that my riding teacher told me that. Turns out, she said that I shouldn't stick my tongue out while riding because I might accidentally bite it.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to believe that if a dog stuck their tongue in your mouth, you would get worms no matter what.— ` [ A ] m a n d a .
- I used to think that all people closed their eyes and stuck their tongue out when they died.Anon
- I use to believe that if you told a story/lie you would get a bump on your tongue.Anon
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la