My friend told me that when somebody sneezed and I said "bless you", if I didn't clap my hands twice I would kill a fairy. I believed this until about the age of 11.
A childhood belief about fairies
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that "God bless you" was "gableshu," so everytime someone sneezed, I would say "gableshu."— JS
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- "She's got the Jack" by ACDC was "She's got the Clap".— Cybela
- When I was little, I thought the tooth fairy was a personal friend of my mom since she was a dentist.— Jess
- i used to believe that if my tooth came out the tooth fairy would come and kill me!!!— dangerous tooth fairy
- I used to think when somebody sneezed you were supposed to say 'Gableshew'.— gablesh