I remember when I was a child my sister told me that my uncle Joseph died because my Grandma strangled him with a telephone cord because he wouldn't stop crying. It turns out that he was still born because the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I used to think Joseph of Joseph and his amazing techni-coloured dreamcoat was Jesus' dad. Anon
- When I was a child my mom told me that when it rained it was because the baby Jesus was crying.— Tatiana
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- My Dad told me that the big bales of hay wrapped in plastic sitting in the fields on farms were cow eggs.Anon
- I used to believe that Joseph of the OT and of the NT were the SAME dude.
Man, talk about being OLD!
— Kitty Lover