my pop told me if I put salt on a magpies tail I could catch it !!
Guess what ?
I did catch one !!
It was injured but I thought it really did work (sigh)
A childhood belief about birds
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could catch a bird by putting salt on it's tail— Eli
- I used to believe that some day, they'd finally let the Coyote catch the Road Runner. I was so wrong. Le Sigh.— Givema Break
- I used to think that I could catch the clouds— Isabela Verduzco
- i used to believe that some day i'll catch up with my brother and never have to be the younger one again!!!!— rhea
- i used to believe i would 'catch up' to my big brother one day and we'd be twins.— lil' sis
- I used to believe my barbies came alive at night, so I would always try to catch them in the act.Anon