Once when I was about 3, I went to my mother because something on my scalp hurt. She looked around and didn't find anything. She said "You probably just have a sore there" We live in the USA, in the northeast, so with the accent it sounded like "saw" I invisioned a tiny little wood saw with a red handle sticking halfway out of my scalp with hair like a forest all around it. I searched for that silly thing for years afterward, even after it didn't hurt anymore.
A childhood belief about hair
others believed things like this
- I used to think you had to stick those pins that you stick in your hat through your scalp. That's weird.— Angela
- I used to believe that monsters couldnt find me or hurt me if my whole body where under my blanket— Scared shitless
- I called every body part my elbow. For example if my leg hurt I would say my elbow hurt.— Kady
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- I used to think that if you go into a shower nothing can hurt you because you're protected by water — Foxxip