My grandmother told us in order for us to stop whistling, that when we whistle at night we were actually calling snakes to us. I think I was about 13 years old when I finally figured out what she had done.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- i used to believe that u had to learn to whistle to become an adult...i still can't whistle— whistle
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- My mun told me that if I ate my breadcrusts I would be able to whistle.— Iain
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- If you ate the bread crust you would be able to whistle.Anon