When I was little, I thought that cobwebs were made by corncobs. I don't know how a corncob could make a web, though.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My brother used to think that cobwebs where made by cobs. — Alex
- I thought Jesus was made up to make kids behave.Anon
- My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda
- I thought Pink's "You make me sick" was "you make me sick, you make me look like a candlestick" LOL— Rice
- i thought salt made food cold, since pepper made it *hot* — cattiva
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike