My Grandad used to tell me on the 31st of December every year to look for the man with as many noses as there are days left in the year, 'you have to be quick he only comes out today'. For years I used to wait looking to see a man walk past with 365 noses.
I never did see him!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- Split walnuts... i used to think they were dried pig noses!!— SaMmI LaMy
- when i was little i thought people with big heads or big noses had cancer...Anon
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher - I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara