My Grandmama always told me that if I drank coffe it would rust my gizzard. I never drank coffee because of her telling me that, and today I still haven't drank any although I know that we don't have gizzards!
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that men drank beer and women drank wine. Anon
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon
- When I was little, I used to think that if you drank beer you would die right after you drank it.— I'm so stupid