I used to believe that whenever you accidentally swallowed food without chewing it, there was a little mouse-trap looking thing living in your stomach that chewed it for you!
A childhood belief about eating
others believed things like this
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- When i was a kid i believed that you died if you swallowed chewing gum.— Jonathan
- I used to belive that, if you swallowed your chewing gum, you'd fart bubbles...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john