When I was about 6 or 7 my dad told me that his legs were 2 different lengths. I went on thinking that until I was about 13. I though one of his legs were longer than the other!
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- My father told me that Frenchmen had three legs.Anon
- I used to believe that if I wet my legs in the sea I would become a mermaid.
— andrea - that pickles were octopus legsAnon
- i used to believe that when you did the splits your legs would fall off.Anon