When I was younger, 4-5 years, me and my bro. liked to swim a lot. Our mom, ever anxious about our well being, told us that if we EVER went to swim in the lake, and drowned, that she would then give us such a spanking, that we couldn`t sit for two weeks. Anyway I believied this for many years...
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that pools had underwater doors that sharks were going to swim out of.— marky
- I used to dream that if I held my breath, I could swim through the air for brief amounts of time— Adam
- I used to believe that once you pulled the plug in the bath a shark would swim out of the drain and eat you.— Amy
- I thought that islands and continents were floating rocks so you could swim underneath them.— Kat
- I believed they put heated coils in lakes for the ducks to swim in the wintertime.Anon
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy