When I was four my elder sister told me that the white tear ducts in my eyes were actually full of spider eggs that spiders laid there while I was sleeping. She said that everytime I cried the spiders would be born on my face. I didnt cry for weeks.
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- My sister told me that if you had sweetcorn in your poo, you had six months to live! I cried for weeks — Billy
- I used to believe that cows laid beef, like the way chickens laid eggsAnon
- My mum always told me not to pick my nose and eat it because spiders would grow in my tummy......— Ben
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash