When my brother and I were little and naughty, my mum would get angry and say that she had "lost her temper", well we thought it was another name for her purse.........so would go looking for it to make her happy with us again.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you used the kids' shampoos that said 'no tears' it would make you happy.— Emmy
- I think lightning and thunder is caused by angels throwing temper tantrums Anon
- I used to believe my mom kept a lizard in her purse that would bite me if I got into it.Anon
- when i was 4or5 i thought if i was naughty i would get sent to jail.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA)
- I used to believe that "nuptial" was a naughty word. I thought it meant nipple. XD— Sara Hagen
- I use to believe that you would get ill because you were naughty— Ríoghnach