I don't remember why, but when I was about 7 I thought that touching raw turnips would burn you. I was helping my mom in the kitchen one day when she asked me to put some sliced turnips in a bowl. She was confused when I proceeded to put on gloves.
A childhood belief about dangerous food

others believed things like this
- "Better than sliced bread"
I used to believe 'Sliced Bread' was a musical band.— Madeline - I used to believe that the stars in the sky were died persons that were helping us.Anon
- i used to think if i would eat spicy food i would burn and die— Bill
- I thought that smoking pot involved an actual pot from the kitchen.— Aeris
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain