I was always told by my grandfather that eating LOTS of Dried Apricots I would grow up to be big and strong. I ate 2 packets in 2 hours and vomited all over the kitchen floor, and my poor old grandfather had to clean up the mess while my grandma had a good old laugh.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- my grandfather told me that soy sauce was bug juice.Anon
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!
- When i was little, i thought Santa Claus was my grandfather— Junie
- I used to belive that sometimes my grandfather drew the clouds for me. Anon
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon