My older cousin told me that the average person swallowed 7 spiders per month from sleeping with their mouths open (so the spider would crawl in). It took years to realize that couldn't be true.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I slept with my mouth open that spiders would crawl in there and live in my stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if i swallowed some Play-Doh and made a wish, my wish would come true.— Nadia
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- When I was liitle, I used to believe that if a spider would bite me than I would become Spider-Man!!!— IronManxD
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela