my grandpa used to tell me that "eye eating spiders" existed, so for a long time growing up I used to sleep with a pillow or a blanket over my eyes so they couldn't eat my eyes while I was a sleep.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- i used to think that eating carrots would make your eyes glow in the dark— nik
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon