I used to ask my mom what the holes in my skin were (the pores that hair grows out of on the arm) and she said that I was knit and not born...I believed her.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- When I was little I USED to THINK that hair grows by the ends.— Sirin
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain
- I used to believe that if you ate too many carrots your skin and hair would turn orange. — Mariah
- I used to believe that if I ate the skin on the roasted chicken I would have curly hair.Anon
- I believed that if you ate a piece of your own hair, a new strand of hair would grow on your head.— Ryo
- when i was little i believed that leprecauns put the holes in crumpets.Anon