I used to believe if a black cat ran across the street in front of the car, you had to spit over your right shoulder 3 times or you would have really bad luck.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty
- I used to believe that in old times the world was grey (black and white, i got the idea from old movies) — Bryce
- I used to think that the shoulder blades were actually "back breasts".— Kdees
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- At the age of about 5, I thought that any man carrying a bag/sack over his shoulder was a burglar.— Police officer, Ola.
- When we were younger my sister and I used to think that our shoulder blades were really sprouting wings.— Raven