I lived in a town where there were ditches at the side of every road. On the way to and from school, sometimes kids would fall into these ditches and get soaked. Cars would have accidents and crash into the ditches too. I used to believe that, before you became an adult, you would at least ONCE fall into the ditch. Some sort of rite of passage or something. And I truly dreaded when it would be 'my turn' to fall into the ditch.
I never did fall into the ditch. But in my dreams, 25 years later, I still have nightmares about death and ditches.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- I used to believe that mosquito larvae were baby hammerhead sharks. Made the ditch a very dangerous place!— Karen
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.
- My kids believe if they pick their nose their butts will fall off!— wendy
- My wife used to tell our kids that if you pick your nose your brains would fall out— grampy
- Whwn I was about 6 I used to think that if a crow bit you you would fall asleep for 100 years!— Lisa