I used to believe that the purpose of a "wake" when someone died was one last attempt at trying to wake them up from the deep sleep that they were in. It confused me because at my grandfather's wake everyone spoke quietly, how would talking quietly wake them up? I just figured that he was a light sleeper, then again I was wrong!
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- when i was young i used to believe a wake was when you waited for the dead person to wake upAnon
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- I thought that when you died, you had 2 weeks to be dead then you would magically wake up again, but as a babyAnon
- I used to think that "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" went: "Wake Me Up Before It's Over"Anon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- I was convinced that thunder and lightning could wake up volcanos.— leticia