I and a number of my friends were told by a teacher in primary school that Haggis were small sheep-like creatures which lived in Scotland. She went on to elaborate that Haggis' right legs were shorter than their left legs and so they lived on steep hills and only moved anti-clockwise around the hill. The way to catch one was therefore to run towards it from the opposite direction. It would then try and turn around to flee but, due to the whole leg thing, it would, of course, topple over and roll down the hill, where another person would be waiting to catch it.
Needless to say that, coming from a teacher, I believed this for years.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My parents told me that scotch eggs were laid by a Haggis. — sarah c
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think that my teacher lived at school until she came to school late one day. I was shocked!— Wow, you have a life?!
- I used to believe that Haggis grew on trees, cause my dad tied one to a branch in the garden— Lynne
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- I always thought that a little person lived inside each mailbox waiting to take my letter to its destination.— Anne