If I had a sore throat when I was little my mother would give me warm saltwater to gargle with. Since I normally drank water cold, I assumed that salt made water warm.
A childhood belief about salt
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Luke-Warm water had somthing to do with Luke SkywalkerAnon
- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that hot water was red and cold water was blue.Anon
- That blankets had some magic quality that made it so you could become warm and stay that way— Michael
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva