My mom always told me that if i was bad, seagulls will come and bite my shoulders. (we were always sailing where there are lots of seagulls) To this day, im still a little afraid of them.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to think seagulls were called seagles. Like a portmanteau of 'sea' and 'eagle'.
Anon - When I was little I thought seagulls were called seagles. Like a portmanteau of 'sea' and 'eagle'.Anon
- When I was little I thought seagulls were called seagles. Like a portmanteau of 'sea' and 'eagle'.Anon
- I used to believe that my feelings were in my shoulders.— Jesyka
- When I was little, I used to believe that football players really had shoulders that big.— Angie
- When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way you could play football was if you had giant shoulders.— Sam