I thought that if you ate paw-paw (papaya) you had to get a needle in your spine. I think I must have seen two stories on the news, one about pawpaw and one about epidurals - somehow they melded in my brain. I still can't make myself eat pawpaw - even though I like the taste
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- i used to believe the news readers on TV could see us and i'd make funny faces to try to "distract" themAnon
- I didn't know Reindeer existed, I thought they were just christmas animals for storiesAnon
- I thought my brain would explode if it was in the sun too long— Heather
- I believed butterflies taste like butterAnon
- When I first saw a picture of the human anatomy, I thought the brain was really snot.Anon