I believed that cows always laid down when it was going to rain, thereby reserving a nice dry spot to lie on. I therefore thought I could predict rain before anyone else.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I used to believe that cows laid beef, like the way chickens laid eggsAnon
- I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.Anon
- Until I was a teenager, I believed that rain made worms came out of driveways.— Marc