When I was maybe 4, I jumped off the high diving board at the pool. When I surfaced, my grandpa told me I "must've gotten butterflies from the jump." I was absolutely terrified that I had actually swallowed butterflies, and they were trapped in my stomach. I later whispered to him, completely humiliated, if I would have to poop them out...
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that butterflies would eat your nose.— Kate G.
- I used to think that butterflies made butter— Christophe R.
- I used to think butterflies were made of butter.Anon
- i used to believe that butterflies are fairies that crossed the rainbow— sillyme
- I believed butterflies taste like butterAnon
- When I was little I was absolutly positive that butter was made by butterflies.— Ruth