my cousin told me when I was young, that if I wore socks when I sleep that I would loose my toes. To this day I still won't wear socks when I sleep. Just in case.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves
- When I was little, my mom told me that if I slept with socks on they would eat me alive.— Cindy
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- I used to believe that if you didn't take your socks off at night your feet would turn into jellyAnon