When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley
- I used to think the Flea Markets actually sold fleas...Anon
- That flea markets sold fleas.— Sarah
- I used to think that if you had a garage sale that meant you were selling the garage!— ~Curtis~
- When I was a kid I thought Mary had a little lamb whose FLEAS were white as snow.— jen