When I was small my mother told me that if you pick up a guinea pig by its tail its eyes would fall out. I spent many hours crying about the poor guinea pigs which I loved. I was quite old, maybe about 13 when I was told they don't have tails.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you held a Guinea pig upside down, it's eyes would fall out.— james
- My mother told me that if I picked my nose it would turn into a pigs trotter!— Lynne S :o)
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- In kindergarden my friend told me that there were 24 hours in the day and 15 hours in the night.— Cari
- My grandma told me she used to think pigs came out of tree stumps.Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex