When I was about four, I was playing with my three-year-old sister and I somehow convinced her (and myself) that the way people sew is by sticking their needles into the electrical sockets, and then the thread appears. So I grabbed a fuzzy wire and stuck it in. Needless to say, I had to be rushed to the hospital and my entire hand and nails were black. I was luck I didn't loose feeling in my arm. Smart kid.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- i used to believe that smart people were smart because they drank a lot of teaAnon
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.