my parents used to tell me that if we left food on our plates it was 'a mouthful for the devil' so we were too scared to leave any in case the devil came and took it!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I was told that if you dropped food on the floor, the devil kissed it. — Teresa
- I thought that Devil's food cake was invented by Satanists!— Dietrich Corby
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- I used to believe that when it thundered, it meant the devil was beating his wife.— Carol