before i could read and write, my mother ingrained in me that the droppings of birds were called 'bird spit' rather than the 1 letter difference of which at the time i had no knowledge. for a long time, i thought that bird droppings were universally known as spit even though it had nothing to do with saliva, just as a baby goat was called a kid, even though it wasn't human.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen
- I used to believe that big grasshoppers would spit tobacco at you if you got too close to them.— Uni
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- My Dad told me that Soy Sauce was made of grasshopper spit! I didn't eat it for YEARS!— TawnyKat
- When i was about 4 i used to think the birds of pray were called that because they preyed before they ate!— Alien 5247
- I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.