My family was very poor while I was growing up, so my sister and I used to dig holes in our yard to try to find the diamonds in the earth's crust that we learned about in school so we could give them to Mom and Dad so we wouldn't be poor anymore.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- Me and my sister used to dig holes in the yard because we thought we could dig to china.— Savannah
- I used to believe it was illegal to shop at Goodwill unless you were poor.— Aretia
- I used to believe that a brothel was where poor people used to go to get free broth.— Rob. UK
- i thought that "aromatic" duck was actually "asthmatic" duck.
poor thing...— rachael - I used to believe that only 'poor' people had to go to the bathroom, that 'rich' people didn't.Anon
- When you are very poor you "can't make end's meat." End's meat is some sort of cheap very low quality meat.— Betty