I am now an old lady. My Mother or Father always said Grace at the dinner table. When I was a small child, my dad would always include in his prayer "Bless this food for its intended use" I always thought he was saying "Bless this food fritz and tenda juice" for the life of me I could not figure out what he was saying and wondered what he was talking about.
Altho I am old I think of this at least once a week, if not more.
It did take me a long time to figure out just what he meant. I now tell my grandchildren about this.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- In the Hail Mary prayer, I used to say 'Bless a dark fowl among women' rather than 'blessed art though'Anon
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- I thought when you got food poisoning it might someone had put poison in your food— Bootlebat
- I used to believe my dad was the best male figure in the world and wondered why he wasn't president already.— Ivy :)
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead