When i was younger my mother used to tell me not to bother the fire release thingy to our window (when it got pulled it would release the bars on the window in case of a fire) but i thought she meant that if i messed with it a fire would start
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- i always thought it was Grape Balls of Fire instead of Great Balls of Fire— Courtney
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- I used to think that being fired meant they set you on fire.
Or they just chopped off your head.Anon - The first time i heard of someone getting fired from a job, i thought that they were actually set on fire.Anon
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat
- When I was little I used to believe that if I played with fire, then I would wet the bed. — Danielle