I used to have an obsession with bringing creepy crawlies, especially woodlice into the house. My mother got so annoyed one day that she told me woodlice bit really really hard. When I said I didn't believe her she replied with "How do you think that they bite through wood"
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- When he was a kid, my husband thought the hymn "bringing in the sheaves" was "bringing in the cheese."Anon
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon