I used to believe that if i went to bed with dirty feet, that ghosts would come get and take me to the devil and i would never see my family again.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I thought my brother kept eating my dirty socks, and that's why his feet smelled.— Kail
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- I used to think that there were ghosts in the loft and that's why I was not allowed to go up there.Anon
- When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see youAnon