Going to church as a child and hearing the vicar reading the banns of marriage for the first, second, and third time of asking, I used to believe that the vicar chose a man and a woman completely at random, and asked them three times if they would get married. If they refused, the vicar would give up and ask other people instead.
A childhood belief about marriage

others believed things like this
- My fiance was in church as a kid and he saw the Vicar of the church and asked his Mum if it was God.— Andys fiancee
- I Use to that all couples got married twice to renew the marriage
— Lucas Jr fique Marti d - i though that the man and woman couldn't really have babies until marriage,lmao,what a stupid person i was— what a stupid
- As a child I went to a prodestant church, but I used to tell people that I was a pedestrian.— Megan
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- I used to believe that woman had to pay to keep their last name when they got married!!!!!!!— Imaginative_Kidd