My dad told me "Hush Puppie" shoes were made from Basset Hound ears.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- Until about age 11 i thought that "Hush Puppies" the shoes were made from real puppies!— Laura
- I used to think an Afghan hound was a breed of terrorist dog that had to fight in the Taliban!Anon
- I used to believe that shoo fly pie was made of old shoes and dead flys, and I wouldn't eat it.— Aubri
- I used to believe that cows mooed out of their ears-because my older sister told me they did.— ella
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod
- I used to think that it was against the law to drive a car without shoes on. It isn't— Pamela