When I was really young and I heard someone "That hurts my feelings" or something like that I used to think they were talking about the fillings in their teeth.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the things you get in your teeth were called feelings.Anon
- When I was very young, I assumed that false teeth were taken from dead people's teethAnon
- i was told when i was young that if i swollowed gum my stomach would grow teeth to chew it— gammie
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- Until I was about 8 I believed that your back teeth keep growing in until you have a full circle of teeth.Anon