After seeing The Wizard of Oz and hearing the story of Hansel and Gretel, I began having a recurring nightmare that a witch with really really long finger nails would come out of the heat register that was under my bed and tickle me,gently at first and then harder and harder until those blood red nails were piercing my skin. I woke up screaming every night for months,no matter what my parents tried. I still (in my 20's) can't have any arms or legs hanging off the bed , and I have my bed right on the floor so there can't possibly be anything under there. Witches are scary...
A childhood belief about witches
others believed things like this
- You couldn't have your belly button covered for too long or it would be harder for you to breathe.— Jess
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- i used to believe that when i had an itch or a tickle, it was because there were ants crawling beneath my skin— Willa
- I wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin