When I was a little girl, I used to believe a snake was born in my belly if I eaten sugar. I was scared ans I didn't want to eat sugar until I was 12 years old.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.Anon
- adding too much sugar to foods would give you "sugar worms"...
Anon - I used to believe that when cordial drink said 'sugar free' that you didnt have to pay for the sugar in it!— Grace Lyon New Addington
- My mum told me that if I ate sugar from the sugar bowl I'd get worms.— QueenB
- Salt is bad tasting sugar.— cobra
- Salt is sugar from a different country.— Santa Puncher