i was told if you chewed gum and swallowed it if you were a boy it would stick your stomach together and if you were a girl when you grew up and had a baby it would be born with gum in its hair
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you swallowed gum, when you breathed in, your stomach would stick to your back— cope
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- When I was young my mother told me that if I swallowed bubble gum, it would stick to my liver.— Barbie
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat