When I was little, my grandmother used to tell me that dog poo had glass in it & I would cut my foot if I ever stepped in it. It worked as I never stepped in dog poo. Grandma knew best!
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you stepped on a mushroom it would rain. Anon
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.— classroom 43
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that if I stepped on a bug, it would step on me in the other world.
Anon - I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- That if I stepped on a crack on a sidewalk that I would get abducted by aliensAnon
- I used to belive that if i put my foot in my mouth, I would get foot-and-mouth illness— Emily Sathrota