My mother used to tell me that when you hiccuped, you grew. I was so small that I wouldn't let my hiccups quit so I would grow bigger, and eventually my stomach hurt so badly from the hiccups that I had to go home.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my cousin uded to belive that hiccups were caused by the food in your stomach colliding.— Christine
- I used to believe that it was possible to die from hiccups :]Anon
- I used to think that hiccups were caused by a frog in my chest who would jump and croak.— Elizabeth
- if you stand on your nose and sing the blues you wont get hiccups for a month.Anon
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon