When I was about 7, I saw part of a screening of "King Lear" on TV. The part I saw took place in the darkness and rain. My dad told me the play was set during the Dark Ages, so for many years afterward I always thought of the Dark Ages as centuries of unrelenting darkness and rain.
A childhood belief about history
others believed things like this
- My dad thought when he was little, rain was caused by army guys in the clouds with rain guns. — Daughter of the Weird
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I believed that the rain would melt everything...I was terrified to go outside in the rain! — Cris
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K
- I used to think that Rain Man had something to do with Singin' in the Rain.Anon