Is it true

[Benrebel]

Is it true that Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

[jenstar]

No, you'd probably wake up before that happened. In any case a spider would need to be crawling across your face and somehow stumble into your mouth, which is somewhat improbable. It is a very old, old wives' tale, though - I remember being told that people swallow an average of six spiders a year when I was a child. It was nonsense then and it's nonsense now.

[jillybean]

but saying that is it not possible that a spider walking across the roof above you stumbled and landed in your mouth??? it says in my homework diary that an average person swallows 8 spiders in their lifetime. unpleasant but i have no reason not to believe it

[PaulB]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Search/Question44299-18.asp?P age=1&SearchText=Swallow%20spider

[thekraut]

whats a homework diary? something like "dear diary, yesterdays homework was awful...."?

[andy hughes]

Spiders are far too clever to 'fall' anywhere, including sinks and baths. They move around the house, and get stuck in baths because the sides are slippery, hence the OWT that they come up plug holes. As for this one, could you seriously imagine a spider allowing itself to wander into someone's wet mouth, with breath coming in and out? Hardly likely, or that you would not feel a spider tripping lightly across your face. Nah, it's another urban myth - file under "...and they told her she absolutely mustn't look back ...." and similar aprocryphal tales.

[heartache]

It is true that most people eat so many spiders while asleep in our lifetime, not sure how many it was though.