When my sister and I were young there was an elderly woman who watched us some times. She told us that if we touched our private areas than snakes would grow out of them and everyone would know that we had touch ourselves. She obviously was warning us about the "dangers" of masturbation, but we were too young to know what she was talking about. So my sister and I became scared to even wash down there just in case snakes grew out.
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- When I was five, I used to believe that worms grow into snakes.— Mz Dimple
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy
- My sister told me not to touch hail stones because they were radioactive. — Mary K
- I once thought that snakes had legs like a centipede.Anon
- I thought all snakes were venomous and you always die if you get bit by a snake— Elviessa