When I asked why he did eat the crust on his sandwich, my 7-year old nephew informed me it was because it made his hair curly. (He has extremely curly blond hair, which he hates but is the envy of every woman he meets!)
A childhood belief about crusts

you weren't the only one
60 of you believed this
- i used to believe that if u eat the crust on bread that ur hair would become curly...wow i was stupid :)— ~philbert~
- i used to brlieve that if you ate bread crusts your hair would go very curl and i did untill i was about 13— BubZ
- my friend thought that if he ate the crust on bread, his hair would be curly.Anon
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- Bread crusts make your hair go curly— bowlax
- if i ate the crusts my hair would go curly— frizzed up bird