We used to sing a hymn at Easter with the line, "up from the grave he arose." When I was little, I thought they were singing, "Up from the gravy he rose."
A childhood belief about hymns

others believed things like this
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen
- I used to think gravy was made in graveyards.Anon
- My Wifes dad used to tell her that if she ate the dark lumpy bits in the instant gravy she would die!!— Okse
- that car headlamps were eyes. the ones that rose up really freaked me out!Anon
- I used to beleive that liver (as in liver and onions and gravy) was rhinocerous meat.Anon