I Used To believe if you lied to your parents a black spot would appear on your tounge, because every time I lied my parents told me to stick out my tounge and tell me they could see a black spot on it. This meant I was lying.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that a parking spot was a spot like a polka dot and not a space for a car.— Mina Tova
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- when i was little i thought that my hic-ups were caused by little man on the back of my tounge, yodelingAnon
- When I was a kid I thought that when my parents were kids, the world was black and white and had no color...— KKM
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon