I believed for years that haggis were real animals who lived on mountains and had 2 long legs and 2 short legs, which meant that they could only face one way on the mountain side, and if they ever turned arount they would fall off.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- i used to believe that when you did the splits your legs would fall off.Anon
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby
- i used to beleve that the sun had thin long legs and followd me wherever i went..— Hege
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon