i always thought there was a bank of 'health' : that if someone was sick in the family, they could draw on this bank to prolong good health. And that the way to fill up the bank was to count to over a hundred.
Sort of the same principle people use prayer for now.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I used to believe the bank "scottish widows" was run by widows, and only gave bank accounts to widows.— Angelmouse
- I used to believe that a bank was a place where they give out money to peopleAnon
- I thought it was against the law to carry around a lot of money unless you were putting it in the bank.Anon
- I used to believe that 'bankruptcy" meant that you were actually going to rob a bank — Mindy
- i used to believe that if you were broke that you could go to the bank and get money for free!— Karianne