animals

I used to believe that dogs were male and cats female and they got married to produce the next round

It used to be common school knowledge that the meaning of 'twat' was a pregnant goldfish ... later on i found out the real meaning ... but in in bizarre twist found out that a pregnant goldfish is in fact called a twat (or a twit depending on
which books youread)

When I was very small I met some kid who piled stones into a rusty bucket and when he tipped them out there was a ladybird among them. He told me that was how to make ladybirds. I tried several times, over several weeks, in his absence but failed. Was genuinely gutted.

I told my 3 year old daughter on the way to school that as squirrels live in nests they must lay eggs, and hairy ones at that. She told her teacher it was true when she was seven years old

my mum told me that Bees had pointy bums and that was why they could sting you and yes I believed that for years until I told a boyfriend and he nearly wet himself laughing at me.

My cousin once gave me the impression that ants 'came from' sugar (what I think now she must have said was 'came for' sugar).

So I spent my childhood years thinking that sugar was actually ants eggs(!)

I used to believe that cats were girls and dogs were boys. When I discovered that you needed one of each to make babies, I had visions of mummy cats with mixed litters of kittens and puppies.

When I was 4 I believed I was a dog

When I was about 6, my brother told me that if you threw a stick into a pond, and then waited for it to drift across to the other side, then drift all the way back, then the stick would have a little fish stuck to it. And the name of that kind of fish was a stickleback.

I used to believe…

That if you picked up worms, you would get warts.

After being told by my older borther, I used to believe that little moths crawl in your ears and eat your brains when you are asleep

I was told & believed for years that when you heard "cuckoo" it was 2 birds - one saying "cuck" + one saying "coo"!

My Nana told me that moths lay eggs in your hair. I still hate moths to this day.

I used to think that if you went outside without your shoes on there were little bugs that would get into your feet, climb up your body and eat your brain!

I used to believe…

That our car roof was a roosting place for incredibly noisy and thus large birds. It wasn't until I was six that I noticed that these bird landings corresponded exactly with my Dads arm being out of the car window.

My Dad told me that kangaroos keep their combs and wallets in their pouches (I believed this for years) and had a big argument with my teacher (aged 8) when she said that this was in fact a lie.