When I was little, my Mom used to tell me that girl's feet didn't stink, but instead smelled like flowers. I think I believed this until a few years ago.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I thought my brother kept eating my dirty socks, and that's why his feet smelled.— Kail
- Every old person I met smelled bad, and I thought old people smelled bad because they were slowly rotting.— Jasmine
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- If I smelled a dandelion, I would wet the bed.Anon
- I used to believe that when you are 90 years old, you are also 90 feet tall.Anon
- I used to think I smelled wrong, but I figured out it was because we never used dryer sheets. — blnkfrnk