I use to feel sorry for my bathing suit because I thought it couldn't breath while it was under water so I would get out of the pool every few minutes so it could get a breath.
A childhood belief about swimming pools

others believed things like this
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- Up until I was in 3rd grade I believed my bathing cap is what kept me afloat in the swimming pool! Anon
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- A friend on mine thought that smoking menthal cigarettes would make his breath minty fresh.Anon
- When i was litle i used to think i only had to breath when i wanted to.— molly
- when i was a little kid. i used to think that when u hold ur breath ur heart stops.. LOL :P — Annonymus