I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- Until I was about 6, I used to believe that flys were raisins with wings.Anon
- I used to believe that shoo fly pie was made of old shoes and dead flys, and I wouldn't eat it.— Aubri
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- I used to think if a moth landed on you , you would get a mole. — karen
- i used to think if i would eat spicy food i would burn and die— Bill