Until I was about eleven, I thought that "the devil incarnate" was "the devil in garnet". So, until I learned the truth, I always pictured the devil wearing a red dress.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- i thought when you flushed, it went down to hell and that's what the devil fed the people in he..— Barb.
- I thought that Devil's food cake was invented by Satanists!— Dietrich Corby
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- I used to believe that when it thundered, it meant the devil was beating his wife.— Carol
- I believed if I prayed for the Devil, he would start being good for God. — Jackie
- dragonfliesw ere called, Devil's darning needles.— davarm