I used to believe that if a cat didn't have a little patch of white fur under their chin, they wouldn't be able to purr. My father called it "purr-fur" and whenever we met a new cat, he would show me where the white fur was (not always visible to my eyes) and then tickle the cat until it purred.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- When I was a little girl I used to believe cats were broken because of their moter sound when they purr— Shaune F.
- I used to think that the song "Just like white winged dove" by Stevie Nicks was "Just like the white window" — Julia
- Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"
— WailerMan - Drinking coffee before your 12 yrs, old will make the white in your eyes turn brown.— dawn b.
- i used to think that white dog pooh that you used to see a lot was what little white scottie dogs didAnon
- I wish to beleive that white Christmast was for white people.— Ati Mosupyoe