When my Grandmother saw a bird in the garden, she'd say "oh look, there's a dickie-bird". For years, I didn't know there were different types of bird, I just thought they were all dickie-birds.
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- I thought birds grew from bird seed. — Jen
- I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.
- The Kim Carnes song called 'Bette Davis Eyes' well my dad used to sing "She's got Dickie Davis Eyes" Anon
- until the age of 6 i didnt know bird had feet.Anon
- i used to believe if a cat ate a bird the cat would eventually GROW WINGS!— nightmare
- My Dad use to tell me if I pouted and stuck my lower lip out, a bird would come and poop on my lip.— Tom