I used to think that if someone was quitting smoking "cold turkey", it meant that every time they had a craving for a cigarette they would go to the fridge and eat a piece of cold turkey instead and that would make the craving go away. I figured that's why everyone said it was so hard to quit "cold turkey", because I didn't really see how eating meat could help. And I believed this until high school!
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren
- Up until I was 10 I used to believe turkey was vegetarian.Anon
- I used to think Hungary and Turkey were the same country... I have no idea where that came from...— Skylla
- I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...Anon
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)