I'm not a very hairy person, and when I was 17 a friend told me that if I rubbed raw garlics on my face, it would help me grow a thick, strong beard and moustache.
And there I was, with my face all red and swollen, and smelling for a couple days, and of course, no beard and moustache.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My uncle harry has a very long beard and a hariy face. I used to think he was a wizard.Anon
- When i was a kid, i used to think that my dads moustache grew out of his nostrils — l.j.
- How could Baby Jesus be born on Dec 25th, get tall, grow a beard and then die, all by Easter. Whew!— Joe
- When i was young about 5 i used to think god was a donkey with a long beard!Anon
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- i thought the line "saving my face" from the KT Tunstall song of the same name was "shaving my face"Anon