Up until I was about 12 or 13 I thought the saying to a thumb war was "1 2 3 4 Idy Clara Thumb War" instead of "1 2 3 4 I declare a thumb war" I thought it was the brand name of thumb wars or the person that invented them until my little sister told me the real words.
A childhood belief about toys
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat
- i thought that if you sucked yerr thumb long enough it would turn green. dont ask why! — jordan