I used to believe that if you leaned on your elbow and rested your head in your hand that you veins would pop out of your wrist! I think I saw it in a horror movie and believed it. I still have trouble doing it to this day.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I called every body part my elbow. For example if my leg hurt I would say my elbow hurt.— Kady
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- when i was little i believed that when we watched a movie people had to act the movie all over a gen.
— Emmer - I used to think that Christ the royal master leaned against the throne. rather than leads against the foe.Anon
- my aunt used to have an imaginary friend who instead of having blood had 7-up in her veins.Anon
- I thought the blue veins in some cheeses were actually blood vessesls!— Helen