When I was younger, I used to have a lot of freckles on my face. One time, my dad told me that freckles were what happened when cows came into your room at night while you were sleeping and farted on your face. I couldn't sleep for a week.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x
- if you have freckles it is because you didnt wash your face well enoughAnon
- When my grandma was little, her dad would tell her that the freckles on her face and arms were fly crap.Anon
- i used to think that freckles were when god got bored and he decided to draw on your face!— kelsey
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!