My teenage cousin,15 at the time, told me a 5 year old told me during the winter if you ran your hands under hot water when your hands a numb(very cold)your fingers would fall off. it sounds dumb but i believed it for 4 years.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- My mum told me that cold custard (which I hated) was in fact Banana Blancmange. I lapped it up for years.— Chalky
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I used to believe that hot water was red and cold water was blue.Anon