my mum used to tell my sister and i that if we went to be with wet hair we'd get lockjaw. i'm still not quite sure what lockjaw is, but i stopped believing her when i was about 15. i think my sister still refuses to wash her hair before going to bed...
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- My little sister used to believe that a mullet was the "hair transplant" operation that balding men get.— Sarah's Sister
- I use to believe that your hair grew because you wash i.e like watering a plant — HJON
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- I was told that if i didnt wash my hair regularly it would turn green— Mimi Screami
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska