When my grandma was young she thought if she wore a [ad she would get he period sooner.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to belief that the Muslim women who wore their garment wore it because they were bald.Anon
- When I was young I used to believe that when it rained, God was peeing on the Earth. My grandma got mad.— Tim
- I used to believe that the more you talked, the sooner you would die. Needless to say, I was a quiet kid.— Lisa
- I thought that if you wore the colour red, you would go yo hell. — Tone
- I saw this guy at a hotel and he wore a tag that said "trainee," so I thought that it was his name!Anon
- If a man wore his shirt out, I thought his wife was going to have a baby.Anon