I used to think that when you waved to say "hello", you had your hand wide and waved it from side to side (like normal waving) and to say goodbye, you had to have your fingers together and wave your hand up and down. I never really wondered what would happen if you didn't...
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My dad told me that when he was little, he thought the trees waved back and forth to make the wind blow.— casey
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- I thought a tidal wave was acutualy a title wave because if the wave was big enough it had its own title!— Nate
- when i was a kid i believed i could make things happen just by snapping my fingers like in mary poppins!!Anon