I used to love playing Hide and seek as a kid, my favourite was to close my eyes and put my hands over them really tightly, i really believed that if i couldn't see them, they couldn't see me.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I can remember thinking that is I hid my eyes, and couldn't see anybody that they couldn't see me.Anon
- When I was a year old, I believed if I hid my face, my mother couldn't see me because I couldn't see her.— kimberly dianne(:
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes other people couldn't see me.Anon
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- When i was a child i used to believe that i became invisible when i covered my hands with my eyes.
— Owen - I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN