When I was 8 or so, I misheard my aunt ordering dumplings at a Chinese restaurant. I thought she said "Duckings."
I wouldn't eat dumplings until I was 15, when one of my friends managed to convince me that they weren't actually made from baby ducks.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that dumplings were made from baby ducks. — Sarah
- when i was a little girl i always thought that dumplings where made of ducklings, i always passed on them — andy
- i used to believe that dumplings grew in the gardenAnon
- I used to believe when ordering Chinese food the food and delivery man came from China— Dave
- My friend managed to convince a gulliable kid at various stages of school that he was superman and a robot.— naff
- that the chinese dish Hunan beef was really made from humans. To this day, I have never ordered it. — kristen