When I was young, I saw on TV that the US President was named Reagan, which is very similar to the German word "Regen" (meaning "rain") so I thought the Americans say "Reagan" for rain.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to think that Margeret Thatcher was married to Ronald Reagan, because they were always on tv together!— Nat
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- I long believed that Ronald Reagan was Ronald McDonald's brother. And I thought it made him more impressive!— JB
- I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.Anon