I used to believe that the fire place surround had several nuggets of gold between the stones until years later I caught an aunt polishing them with brass cleaner
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that polishing your nails also consisted of painting your fingers. Anon
- i believe that using gold give electric shock at the time of lightning.so i didnot wear gold when rain starts.— asi18
- I used to belive that there was gold in my nose because pepole would always say that i was "diggin' for gold"!— addicted nose picker
- I used to believe that Chicken Mc Nuggets were made from baby chicks— Sara
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara
- I used to think that "elbow grease" was an actual product of kitchen or surface cleaner.— Carrie