When my Mum had periods she used tampons, they were Mummy's Egg Catchers that stopped the chicken-like eggs from crashing on the floor.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- In my youth,I was always convinced that my chocolate easter eggs came from my uncles chicken farm!— Jamsie
- I used to believe that if you buried a chicken bone in the backyard it would grow a chickenAnon
- I used to believe that only brown eggs came from chickens. I thought white eggs were made at the store— Destiny
- When I caught chicken pox, I thought it was down to me eating too much chicken.— Helen
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that cadbury cream eggs real uncooked eggs in the middle Anon
- I used to believe that all meats were chicken. I called everything chicken. :)— Girlfloyd