Being Irish I was never sure if Saint Patrick had really and truly got rid of all the snakes as he was supposed to have done. So every night before I got into bed I had to check under the bed just in case there was one he'd overlooked!
A childhood belief about under my bed
others believed things like this
- My parents always told me at night the sticks we had played with throughout the day turned into snakes.. — Sarahb
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I used to think all people with green eyes were IrishAnon
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- Until I was well along in years I always thought our family was Irish because my dads birthday was March 17th— Gladys
- I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy