As a small child, i had a habit of running around naked until my Grampy would tell me that the blackbirds were on the way to come and peck "it" off!
I tell my own kids the same now!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- i, too, thought my grandma made up the bushel and a peck song. :)— nessa
- I used to believe jaywalking meant walking around naked in public (from naked as a JAY bird...)— Izzi
- As a small child I always confused someone being unconcious with someone being dead.— Rick
- I used to think running for president involved actually running somewhere.— Artimage
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.
- Well I once believed that when someone was home alone, they'd walk around naked..Anon