Through a mental confusion of the Catholic ritual of Ash Wednesday and the bit about "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," as a kid I thought that the first time the priest smeared those ashes on my forehead, I was gonna die.
A childhood belief about church
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I got my hair cut like Farrah Fawcett's people would throw ashes on me.— mel
- I used to believe that the dust on top of doors was poisonous.— draconid
- What about "Another one buys a Datsun." You know, instead of "Another one bites the dust.— e-man
- I used to believe that the song "Another one bites the dust" was "Another one rides the bus"— Emmy
- I used to believe that the dust at the top of doors was highly poisonous and could kill you.Anon
- My mom called the dust under my bed kitties i believed there was kitties living under my bed.— Kathy