I used to believe that when people died, they would be picked up by their arms and legs and thrown into their grave. I told my mother about this, and she replied, "No! You don't throw dead people around like they were a sack of potatoes!"
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- my mum use to say if i picked my nose potatoes would grow of it— becky page
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe getting the sack involved being put into a cloth sack.— Wangchuk