When I was little my mother (who was a nurse and should have known better) told me that if I sat on the toilet for too long, germs would go up my bottom.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- My freinds mother said that if you hold a cat without supporting its bottom, that its insides would fall out.— Jessie
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- That germs came from Germany.— Alicia
- I used to think that germans had germs on them and that's why they were called that— Jessica
- When i was younger i thought germs and bacteria were the same size as me— Tasha
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon