My grandmother would tell us that if we chew, chewing gum at night we actually chew the bones of the dead. Until today I have a bad feeling when I pop a chewing gum at night
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- My girlfriend believed someone who told her that chewing gum was made from dogs bones!— tony
- I thought when you chew gum and you swallot it you would choke and die o_o— Courtney
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- I thought i had to chew my food 27 times before i could swallow because Stephanie said it on Full HouseAnon