when i was little i used to believe that if you sat down on the toilet for too long that the devil would take his staff and poke you in the butt! so i would never sit completely down on the loo.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- I used to believe that crocodiles lived in the toilet and would bite my butt when I had to go to the loo.— Oz
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek
- I used to believe that if I sat on the toilet too long a snake would come up and bite me.— Cheesemonkey
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane