When I was naughty as a kid, my dad would threaten to send me away to live with a Mrs Griggs, who lived in Ipswich. She was a nasty, mean, child-hating old spinster, who would make me eat things I didn't like and keep me locked in a cupboard. If I was misbehaving, my dad just needed to say the words "Mrs Griggs!" or "Ipswich!", and I would become panic-stricken. Even though I later found out there was no such person, I had an irrational fear of Ipswich for a long time.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I had a fear of seeing a person in the corner of the mirror(most of the time a morlock)— Shane
- I used to think that panthers lived in our cupboard.— entertainer
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon
- I uswed to believe that as long as someone lived to be 100, it was ok and you didn't have to be sad about it.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that smurfs lived in the mushrooms. So I didn't use to eat.— Ezgi