I used to beleive that the people in Australia had sticky feet. That way they wouldn't fall off the earth.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that (like your teeth do) your lips would fall off so new ones could grow.— Queen Ohla Quads
- i thought if you went to the bottom of the earth you would fall off.— Tiffany Amber Stefanko
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- When I was younger, I thought I could run and fall off the edge of the earth. Anon
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- I used to think that the moon was fastened with something so it wouldn't fall— Kelvin