I used to think the words of Silent Night were (instead of "...'round yon Virgin, mother and Child"), "Brown young virgin bothering child."
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- as a young child i thought poo was brown from eating chocolate and pee was yellow from drinking apple juice!Anon
- Instead of Madonnas 'Like a virgin' I used to sing 'Like a gerbil'— Stupid Child
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ
- I always thought 'virgin' was Marys star sign and could never work out why it was such a big dealAnon
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- I was told as a child to eat the dark parts of a banana, because it was really brown sugar.Anon