When I was little my parents would tell me if I ate candy before noon I would get worms.
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- I always thought that the gummy worms were real worms that had been mummified— The Ice Cream Sandwich Monster
- When I was little my parents used to tell me and my sister that carrots were "orange candy." — Nancy
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I used to think that "mourning doves" were called afternoon doves starting at noon!
— Megaroo - I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon
- If you eat your boogers you'll get worms— Kit