If you pulled a face and the wind changed it would stay that way.
When my brother irritated me I would risk a quick horrible face and think that I was so lucky the wind didn't change.
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if the wind changed when you were pulling your face that you would stick like that— Farino
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- If you pull a funny face, the wind will blow and it will get stuck.Anon
- I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- My brother once convinced me that the wind was "leftover hurricanes"— Tufty the Squirrel
- I used to believe that trees made the wind, but its the wind that blew the trees!— victoria