In order to get me and my older brother to "cover our mouths when we sneezed," our mother told us that "the germs from a sneeze travel all over the world within one second." My brother and I spent the next several days faking sneezes, after which we would hollar out "ONE!" Finally, we were told to knock it off!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I used to eat doggy chocs until my older brother told me that if I did I would have puppies.— EG
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz
- When I was very small. by older brother told me that if I "Kissed my own elbow, I would turn into a boy."Anon
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel