when we were preparing to receive our First Communion in the Catholic Church (may 8 years old) the nuns told us that if we touched the host in our mouth with our fingers,that blood would pour out of our mouths all over our white communion clothes.
A childhood belief about church

others believed things like this
- I used to think that blood was blue until it touched air.— paetrw
- Mum used to believe there were men, women and nuns and nuns used to have wheels under their habits!— Chris - Sheffield
- I used to believe the local Catholic church was Disney Land.— Sherri
- I used to believe that all nuns were men when I was 4 years old.— SS
- when i was litte
I used to believe that white people had white blood and black people had black blood.Anon - I used to think that if you drank too much milk and had a nosebleed, your blood would be white.— Tina