I thought that ice was formed by snow falling down on the water. I tried to make ice that way myself, but it didn't work. Good thing it didn't freeze hard enough to prove me right...
A childhood belief about water

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I didn't think you could put out a fire with hot water - only cold water would do.— Katti Pytt
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser
- i was convinced that snow was pink, i was devastated the first i saw real snow.Anon
- I believed that when you got married (the wife) you didn't have to work. Boy, was I fooled. ha ha ha— Patty
- If I had bad gas I would sometimes start to run as I farted to escape the smell. It didn't always work.— Sammy