When we were younger me and my brother used to rip the wings off greenfly. One time to stop us from torturing one my mum told us we should look after him and his name was Peter. For years we believed that all greenfly were called 'Peter'.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I seriously believed Peter Pan was real and would take me away to Neverland.Anon
- i thought that new disney peter pan song said "spread your legs" but its really "spread your wings"— shasta
- I used to believe the saying "thanks be to God" went "thanks, Peter God" - as if Peter was his first name :-)— Foz
- I used to believe that TV finished after Blue Peter.— Jen
- I thought buffalo wings were wings from a buffalo, for years I looked for their wingsAnon
- When i was younger my grandma told me that the nuts that was on the bread were bug wings, i still ate it.— Matt