I guess I was told when I was young that if you crossed your eyes, they might stay that way. I believed this until I was in my late 30's, despite all experimental data to the contrary.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive if i crossed my eyes they'd stay like that.. haha— L Bennett
- 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
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon
- I used to believe that wildlife crossed at wildlife crossing signs...so did my dad when he was young— Sheryl
- When I was young I thought people smoked to stay warm.— Phil Stam
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon