When I was little, I couldn't understand why I had freckles and my brother didn't. My dad told me I followed a cow too close and when he pooped it splattered on my face. I spent hours trying to wash them off.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- if you have freckles it is because you didnt wash your face well enoughAnon
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x
- When my grandma was little, her dad would tell her that the freckles on her face and arms were fly crap.Anon
- i used to think that freckles were when god got bored and he decided to draw on your face!— kelsey
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I believed that if I swallowed my phlegm I would die. I spent hours spitting it out into the toilet.— chunky munky