i used to believe that if you stuck your hand out the window in a car the birds would think your fingers were worms and bite them off. so whenever i stuck my hand out the window i'd always put my fingers in a fist so they the birds wouldnt eat them!
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to believe that if a dog stuck their tongue in your mouth, you would get worms no matter what.— ` [ A ] m a n d a .
- My sister told me that if I picked my nose there were snail creatures inside of it that would bite my fingers.Anon
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike