i used to believe that catapillars were like toupees, people used them for their moustaches, eyebrows and the fur around the catapillar for eye lashes. well i noticed them one day on me face and i ran around screamning "GET THE CATAPEE-ERS OFF MY FACE, IT'S BURNING IT'S BURNING IT'S BURNING REAL BAD!!!!!!!!!"
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I thought that 'burning' DVDs and CDs was literally incinerating them. — These Tunes Are FIRE!
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- i thought the line "saving my face" from the KT Tunstall song of the same name was "shaving my face"Anon
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I was certain that "earwigs" were basically toupees you wear on your ears. Anon
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x