I used to think that bobbie pins were actually called "Barbie Pins" and that they were made from old Barbie dolls that no one wanted anymore.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I use to blame the aliens on my missing barbie dolls.— Lindsay
- I used to believe that if i cut of my Barbie dolls hair that it would grow back.— Zena
- I used to believe that Barbie was a real person and all the dolls were just modelled after her.Anon
- I used to believe that when I went to sleep, my Barbie dolls would make out and plot to kill me.— ClaireRat
- I used to believe bobby pins were named after my father.— Erin
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee