We lived across the street from a wooded area. My sister used to tell me that prickly type bushes are what snakes grow from. It also made me very nervous. One day while we were out there and it started to rain, she added the fact they grow MUCH faster in the rain. I ran screaming all the way home.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i walked in the rain i would grow taller.Anon
- My mom told me that rain would help me grow... at a small 5'3" the reality set in quickly.Anon
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- When I was five, I used to believe that worms grow into snakes.— Mz Dimple