The hymn "Gentle Jesus meek and mild" contains the line - "Pity my simplicity". For years I thought this was "Pity mice in Plicity" and wondered where this awful place called Plicity was where mice were so persecuted.
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- I used to think the song"jesus, oh what a wonderful child so holy, meek and mild" was "so holy, Mickey Mouse"— Stephani
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to think all mice were white and those whom had other coloring were just painted— Feral
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- I used to think that Mice controlled the Stop lights and crosswalk signs.Anon