My sister used to tell me that if you wore "boxing shoes" that you would be able to run faster. Of course later in life I became aware that they were just regular sneakers.
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- ... i used to believe the more stripes my pair of sneakers had, the faster i would run ...— wilbur
- I thought that Boxing Day had something to do with boxing, like watching a global boxing competition.Anon
- I'm an American, and for a good long while I thought that Boxing Day involved the sport of boxing.— miss Taken
- Red shoes make you run faster. — Ann B.
- I have a cousin who thought he could run faster when he got new shoes .. Anon
- i didn't beleive this, but a kid my sister knew thought if he screamed in a really high voice, he ran faster.Anon