When I was in pre-school, my friend's mother told me that she and all the other Irish people around turned into leprechauns on St. Patrick's day. I believed her - I didn't know what a leprechaun was, so I assumed that they turned into green bunnies.
A childhood belief about fairies

others believed things like this
- I used to think all people with green eyes were IrishAnon
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to believe that school was a place kids go to get turned into adults.— Samantha
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I used to think that there were small people on TV who worked when I turned on the TV— JAVIER
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman