Having grown up in Wisconsin (a cold northern state), I thought that limes were lemons picked early. Now living in California, I have made friends here who also believe that ... STILL ... and they are natives!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- That limes were unripe lemons— Alan
- I used to think that limes were lemons that weren't ripe yet.Anon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I thought the song Hotel California by the Eagles said "Welcome to Oakdale California— JewLea
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania