My mum used to tell me that bubble gum was made from horse's hooves. That was supposed to stop me from chewing it, I guess! I still remember that to this day, I am 55!
A childhood belief about chewing gum
others believed things like this
- My mother told me chewing gum was made from horses hooves!Anon
- I used to believe that if you swallowed chewing gum, when you farted, you would blow a bubble out your butt.— Bubble Butt
- I used to believe that the bubble gum medicine was really made of bubble gum. i believed this until i was 16.— Shawn
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- I used to believe that if I swallowed bubble gum, a bubble gum tree would grow inside of me. — Ryan
- I used to think dogs had hooves, because they make hoofbeat-like sounds when they walk.— Samuel Lamont