Based on tales spun by my grandad I used to believe that sitting with your back to a fire would dry the marrow in your spine out. It was only till I was about 28 that I realised the he had been bullsh!t!ng me and wanted me to shift so he could get his share of the heat.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- when you sit by a fire it can dry up you bone marrow— debbie
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria
- I used to think that the graveyard shift was men that dug graves at night.— bianca w.
- When i was 4 i used to belive my dad was nocternal because he used to do a night shift!— Alien 5247
- i used to think that the "graveyard shift" meant that they actually had to go out and dig graves. Anon
- My wife used to believe that the purpose of the stick shift in her Dad's car was to stir the gas.— Curt