When I was four or five, my sister (who is a year and a half older than me) told me that my fingernails were glued on with all the cheese I ate. I believed for years that if my fingernails got caught on something, a string of gooey mozzerella would follow as they were pulled off.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I would get worms if I bit my fingernails. — Leslie
- My Mom used to tell us that if you bit your fingernails, they would cut a hole in your stomach.— Linda B
- i used to believe that if i bit my fingernails then a finger would grow in my stomach— polly
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni
- i used to think that the moon would follow you in the car, also that it looked like a half moon.— natalie k
- My siblings told me that if I ate too much cheese, I'd turn into a cow. I believed them.— Sophie