My mother told me that if I didn't keep my feet covered with the blankets when I slept witches would come from under the bed and eat my feet off. To this day I need something covering my feet at night ( even in summer )...ta Mum
A childhood belief about witches
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- My mom told me if you farted in bed your feet would turn brown.— Tracy
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison