When I was a little girl I very much wanted peirced ears. I thought that when you reached a certain age, you "grew" the little holes in your ears. I had no clue that you had to go to a special place and have your ears peirced there.
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that peoples ears grew so that when the world blew up we would be able to fly away.— Ears
- From a misunderstanding, I thought everyone’s ears were the same size.— Enrico
- i used to believe that bunny's could fly with their ears.Anon
- I used to believe that if you smoked too much,when you got mad your ears would smoke.Anon
- I used to believe that earwigs crawl in your ears— Janice
- My sister used to believe if you stuck a Q-Tip in one of her ears her brain would pop out the other ear. — Mr.McMelon