In the North of England my home was close to a Catholic Convent. Only the Mother Superior went outside the Wall. Was told that when little girls misbehaved that they were taken into the convent by the mother Superior in her long robe. She would catch and put them under it.
When nuns still wore the long black gowns I would cross the streets away from them if I saw one. (I was a good girl). Stayed with me for a long time.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.— Salma
- I used to believe that a long time ago, just like in old pictures, the world was black and white loolAnon
- I used to believe if you stayed in water too long your skin would get really wrinkled and stay that way.Anon
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I thought that I could get a suntan if I stood really close to a fire for long enough.— Mat