The sand man was always a favourite where i grew up . The parent's talked to their children and explained to them that a fairy creature would come into their room at night and sprinkle fairy dust in their eyes to gently send them to sleep and when you wake up in the morning te sleep will still be in your eyes. However my vision was much different.A red haired troll ,with horrible skin and abnormal muscles dribbling on my pillow shovelling grit into my eyes . YUK !! . I made sure he wasn't sending me to sleep.
A childhood belief about fairies
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone
- I used to think that the tooth fairy puts you in a deep sleep before stealing your tooth/teeth.Anon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne