My Dad told me that kangaroos keep their combs and wallets in their pouches (I believed this for years) and had a big argument with my teacher (aged 8) when she said that this was in fact a lie.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon
- i thought kangaroos were giant rabbitsAnon
- I used to believe waffles were honey combs and thats why you would pour honey on it — Gaby
- My mum told me that cold custard (which I hated) was in fact Banana Blancmange. I lapped it up for years.— Chalky
- When I was a little kid I thought that salt was some form of an aged sugar.— Jodie
- im grade 2, my teacher said that she was 2000 years old and i belived her— ---pepsi---