"And to the republic, for britches stands" was what I thought it was. Someone told me the real thing, but I never found out what britches were.
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to think Star Wars wis Democrat vs. Republican because they would talk about the Republic.Anon
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B. - I used to believe that Spinal Tap was a real band. I was 19 and gutted when I found out.— Jim
- for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- i used to think that housten was a real person and not a place, im 16 and i found this out yesterday......!lol— jess p