When I was little, whenever we baked a cake, my mum told me not to lick the bowl too much or I would get worms. I never really understood what that meant, and I imagined that slimy multicoloured worms would grow on the roof of my mouth.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- My mum told me that if I ate sugar from the sugar bowl I'd get worms.— QueenB
- 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 .
- When I was five, I used to believe that worms grow into snakes.— Mz Dimple
- My mom told me that if I ate raw hotdogs or spoonfuls of sugar, I'd get worms. I believed her until I was 13.— seale
- MY SISTER TOLD ME THAT CANNED SPAGHETTI WERE REALLY WORMS THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO CHEAP...I BELIEVED— CATHY