My mom used to say, "If you sit on the pot too long, a worm willo grow in your stomach!" To this day, I am not sure if that's true or not. I'm 26.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i bit my fingernails then a finger would grow in my stomach— polly
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I ate a fruit's seeds, a plant would grow in my stomach.— Natalia Castillejo
- i used to believe that if i swallowed beens,,a tree would grow in my stomach :P— fatma
- When i was young, i used to believe that when i ate a stone, a tree would grow in my stomach— -yacine-91-