When I was about 6 years old, my mom would tell me that if I wore my rubbers in the house, I would go blind. I would take them off on the porch because I was scared to death to step in the doorway. I realize now that she didn't want me to track mud in the house.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When I was 3, my neighbor told me she was a witch and she said Godzilla was going to step on my house.— Grayson
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I used to believe that people who wore glasses were blind and could only see when they had their glasses on. Anon
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG