i was told by my grandmother that if i fell over onto my bottom, the triangle at the base of my spine would break and i would grow a tail.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- You must break the bottom of egg shells after finishing a boiled egg or witches will use them for boatsAnon
- I used to believe that if you hit your tailbone, a tail could grow out of it.— Ida
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- I used to believe that I would never grow up, because I "wanted" to remain a child. Ha. That one fell throughAnon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon