Things you were told and believed when you were a child

[Snowball]

My mum used to tell me that Miss Hanagan from Annie would come and take me away if I was naughty so everytime I lived I misbehaved I would hide so she couldn't find me

Oh and my dad told me he wrote the storylines for Eastenders and I told everyone at school... I didn't realise till I was about 14 that it was him winding me up

What rubbish was everyone else told and believed?

 

[helen1234]

if i didnt drink milk my bones would snap

if i swallowed chewing gum it would tangle my insides and i could die, i did once and i wrote i'm sorry for dying letter lol

 

[AppleBlossom]

That the white bits on my nails meant I didn't drink enough milk and that cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis

 

[xKimx]

That the white bits on my nails meant I didn't drink enough milk and that cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis

Does it not really give you arthritis

 

[Scamp]

That eating crusts on bread would give me a hairy chest I'm sure a lot of people were told that but I actually believed it and wouldn't eat any crusts
xx

 

[AppleBlossom]

That the white bits on my nails meant I didn't drink enough milk and that cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis

Does it not really give you arthritis

Nope lol it's just air between your bones or something that makes the cracking noise, not your actual bones

 

[fairydreams]

that if I ate a pip from an apple an apple tree would grow inside me!.....believed that for ages!

fairydreams

 

[malia]

I believed in Santa til I was like 12
And when I was 8 and my mum was pregnant with my sister I believed she pood the baby out her bum

 

[mushmouth]

Eating crusts on bread would give you curly hair!

Once when my tooth fell out, I decided it want clean enough to give to the tooth fairy, so placed it in the sink, tooth paste on the brush... Turned the tap on a wooosh... The tooth went down the drain!

I cried and cried until my Nan drove across Manchester to write a special letter to the tooth fairy explaining what had happened and where to find the tooth...

Turns out the tooth fairy was so impressed I get extra money! Lol

 

[helen1234]

That the white bits on my nails meant I didn't drink enough milk and that cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis

i was told the knucke thing too, i thought it was too

i was told sitting too close to the tv would make me go blind too

 

[SKATERBUN]

That 'Jack Frost' was going to get me if I didnt wrap up warm

and that 'Old nick' would get me if I was naughty, meaning the devil nice parents I had lol

 

[Nibblenic]

At Christmas Elves sit on house roofs and report to Santa about naughty children.

I plan on telling my daughter the same!

 

[Mum1980]

I've probably got loads of these if I really think about it.. my lovely Dad was one for winding me and everyone else up! lol

I remember the 'eating crusts will give you curly hair' one.. it never bloody worked.. I ended up persuading my Mum & Dad to buy me curling tongs instead! lol

We also used to own a couple of caravans in the North Wales area.. one to rent out, the other was for our use.
We use to drive there every Friday after school for the weekend.. and as we would approach Runcorn Bridge.. My Dad used to scare me every time by telling me we would drive over it..!!

 

[Eoz]

If the ice cream van came round playing music it meant he had nothing left I never understood why he drove around playing music and stopping if he had nothing to sell

oh and eating carrots helps you see in the dark x

 

[Natasha2605]

That I came from a cabbage patch just like the dolls xx

 

[xKimx]

If I didnt eat all my rice I would gain spots

 

[smokey]

That the white bits on my nails meant I didn't drink enough milk and that cracking my knuckles would give me arthritis

Does it not really give you arthritis

I thought both of those where true (still did)

 

[Kiddo]

My mum used to tell us that monsters lived on the top deck of the bus so that she didn't have to climb the stairs and sit in the cigarette smoke.

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

That if I misbehaved the police would come to the door

 

[emilyjade]

if i was naughty at my aunts house at 10pm the cowboys and Indians would take me away from everyone! EVIL COW

that my brussel sprouts was barbie sprouts so id eat them!

im sure i could think of more but im too tired lol x