My grandpop had a saying that eating raw radishes would "put hair on your chest" I of course took that literally, and thought for ages that I would grow hair on my chest if I ate a raw radish- now wanted since I'm a girl! up until I was in my 20s and someone explained the expression to me.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- Eating potatoes with skins on puts hair on your chest— Muddinyori
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- untill i was about 8, i thought that eating crusts would give u curly hair.— Harry