I used to believe that if you wore socks to bed, your toes would fall off because they would get too hot and not be able to breathe. My friend's older sister told me this at a sleepover when I was 8 years old.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- a friend of my little sister's had 4 older brothers, so she thought that when you got older you grew a penis!Anon
- My oldest sister is 15 years my senior. I used to think that she was older than my mom.— Callie
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen