When I was a kid I had some really difficult curly hairs that would get tangled 5 minutes after they were brushed (still do). I loved cows, so my mom told me that little cows were walking around on those hairs and tangling them. We affectionately called them my 'cow hairs'.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that nose hairs were the other end of hairs on top of your head.— Walker
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- My grandad used to tell me that if i ate tripe, then it would put hairs all over my chest Anon
- I used to believe that moustaches were overgrown nostril hairs.Anon
- I used to believe that mustaches were grown from really long nose hairs.Anon
- When I was younger, I used to think that moustaches were just very long nose hairs.— Mike