My mom told me that if I chewed on my hair, mites would get in it at night.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto
- i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this— sunney jim of the pearl
- When I was younger, I used to believe that the boogey man would tie my hair in knots at night.— Jasmine
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon