When I was 4-5 years old, I heard my mom call midnight the "witching hour". I had a sleepover at my friend Jami's house and we were up late. It was 12ish and since we were still up I freaked out and ran into her parents room screaming because I was convinced that witches were coming to get us.
A childhood belief about witches

others believed things like this
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- My mother used to call my behind "a paw paw" and for many years I refused to eat paw paws (papayas)— Garth
- I would speak in gidderish, convinced that it was some foreign language I had never heard of— Molly
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- When I was young,I used to believe all old people were witches..........— Baby