I had a friend at school whose Dad had told her that tortoises had wings and that they were related to Ladybugs. We found this in a conversation about pets when we were 18 - cos you don't often talk about tortoises in everyday conversation she had never had anyone dispel the myth!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- I used to believe that if you ate enough chicken wings, you'd sprout wings and be able to fly.Anon
- i used to think belgium was a myth.Anon
- When i was younger my grandma told me that the nuts that was on the bread were bug wings, i still ate it.— Matt
- I was once told by a friend at school that if you sneeze you actually die for a split second.— Alex