tell me an old wives tale you used to believe as a child?

Question

who told it to you...and how did you find out it wasn't true?

Answer 1

Bubblegum takes 7 years to digest. I was told by kids on the playground. I found out it was not true through snopes.com

Answer 2

I remember very clearly believing in fairies. I knew fairies were real because when I lay on pillow, I could hear a very faint crunch crunch sound which I imagined to be the sound of faires walking around the pillow near my head. I later realized the sound I was hearing was actually my own heartbeat coming up through the pillow.

Answer 3

I was told if you put a needle on thread or a wedding ring on thread then held it straight over a pregnant womans stomach if it turned circles it was a girl and if It swung back and forth it was a boy...My mom told me this...Ive havent ever had the chance to see if it were true or not because I still havent had the chance to try it....:)

Answer 4

Save a Penny - Keep A Penny, Pennys turn into dollars...
My Father told this to me 56 years ago. I found out it wasn't true today, cause everything is $ 1.01 you never get Pennies back and you always need a dollar for everything. ! and then some.
I Can't save.

Answer 5

My grandmother told me I would catch a cold for going out with wet hair. I learned it wasn't true when I told my next door neighbor that and he laughed. All winter he went out with wet hair and never got sick. I tried it and didn't get sick either. My mother still claims it's true though and says I'm pressing my luck. ;-)

Answer 6

Don't go outside with your hair wet, you'll catch a cold. My mom told me this. How did I find out it wasn't true? Practice =)

Answer 7

Here's a hot one that my mom told me...that swallowing your fingernails would make your appendics burst (and she was a nurse!)! What a hoot! I found out when I had biology, and I read that nothing goes into your appendics. Oh, and here's one a classmate told me in 4th grade...that if you looked in a mirror in the dark, you'd see how you would die! Yipes!! Well, I'm still here, aren't I? <*)))><

Answer 8

Don't swallow gum because it takes seven years to pass through your digestive system.

Don't shave your arms or above your knees because your hair will grow back darker and thicker.

Don't swim for at least an hour after you eat or you will get cramps and drown.

Answer 9

My dad told me that if I didnt put my tounge in the hole where my tooth just fell out that i would grow a gold tooth. I figured out it wasnt true when i asked my teacher about it at school. Have you ever tried not putting your tounge in there its immpossible.

Answer 10

My Grandmother told us that you couldn't drink milk with fish. It would make you sick. She also told us you couldn't eat cookie dough because it would rise in your stomache. Boy would she be surprised at cookie dough ice cream. I wish she was still here to see it. I almost forgot the funniest one. My sister told me that if you ate peanut butter it would make your insides stick together. Yes I believed her. Hey I was the younger sister and she was the older mean sister.