I thought "skeleton keys" were made of bones from people who had died, and had powers that could open up locked doors!
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people died, their bodies would immediately turn in to a skeleton— fv
- My great grandmother died when I was 9. I didn't go to the funeral because I thought she'd be a skeleton. — Angela
- That a satchel was a skeleton, and I would have to wear a skeleton on my back for school!Anon
- i used to think that coloured people had the same colour skeletonAnon
- When i went to a funeral only a bit of the coffin was open so i thought when u died you turned into a migit.— Andrew
- I used to be believe that white sugar was made from ground up bones— shedrez