I used to believe that is you wore socks in bed your toes would drop off. The only exception was if you had verrucas, in which case the opposite was true. My mum insists she never said this, despite both my brothers also havind believed it.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie
- I used to belief that the Muslim women who wore their garment wore it because they were bald.Anon
- i believed that moles wore davy lamps on their heads so they could see underground— Omi