My mother told my sister and cousin who were about the same age that eating crusts would make your hair curly. My sister never ate them and my cousin always did. My sister had the curly hair and my cousin's was always straight. I guess Mom was wrong, or maybe she had it backwards?!
A childhood belief about crusts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe eating the crusts from sandwiches would make my hair curly.Anon
- untill i was about 8, i thought that eating crusts would give u curly hair.— Harry
- 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
- i used to think that bread crust would make my hair curlyAnon
- i used to believe if i ate the crust of bread it would make my hair curly— kate