my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.
A childhood belief about chewing gum

others believed things like this
- When i was a kid i believed that you died if you swallowed chewing gum.— Jonathan
- when I was seven my brother told me that if I swallowed chewing gum my arm would drop off.— john
- My Mum told me that if you swallowed chewing gum, your bones would stick together inside you.— Pauliboy
- My Grand father told me that if i swallowed chewing gum i would stick to the toilet— Mr Jones
- I used to belive that, if you swallowed your chewing gum, you'd fart bubbles...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- I used to believe that if I swallowed chewing gum, it would wrap around my heart and strangle me— "Tusitala"