I used to believe that in your stomach there was a huge cauldron. And when you ate the food went into the cauldron. Whenever you ate too much food, the cauldron would overflow and thats why you would throw up.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc
- We put food in our mouths, so naturally I believed my stomach was in my head.— Timb
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I used to believe when ordering Chinese food the food and delivery man came from China— Dave
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine
- I thought when you got food poisoning it might someone had put poison in your food— Bootlebat