I used to think that when you fell on the pavement and got small stones / sand / rocks stuck in your skin, you would have to have them surgically removed. Of course, I got this idea from one of my parents friends having to pass a stone.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe the rolling stones wrote rolling stone magazine.Anon
- When I was a little kid and fell down and skin my knee, I used to think I was skinning my kidney.— G. Dedrick
- I use to think i heart attack was when you got stuck in an elevator. I have no idea how i came to believe thisAnon
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar