As a young boy I was told that if you make a fist with your hand, your heart will also assume the shape of a fist.
And to boot, the thought of it really disturbed me, so I tried to avoid making fists or clenching my fingers whenever possible.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I slept with my fists balled up because I thought if I didn't, E.T. would eat my fingers. — Brian
- When I was little I used to believe that boxers fight only fists into fists.
— Ana - I used to think that a car boot sale was where motorists exchanged car boot lids.— Alan, Sheffield, UK
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon