When I was a little girl, my father told me that "Jack Frost will nip your toes." I took it literally, and even on the hottest nights (before air conditioning), I would never leave my feet uncovered. I must have thought Jack Frost could strike any time of the year if a tootsie was uncovered.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I used to belive that Jack Frost was a real man! and that he came and painted frost on the windows at night.— Tom
- I thought Jack was a nickname for Jackery ( like Zack and Zachary).— Bootlebat
- "She's got the Jack" by ACDC was "She's got the Clap".— Cybela
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon