My Mum told me snails were diseased whenever I played with them so now I'm still scared of them. Especially when my girlfriend taunts me with them (she likes them)
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to think that slugs were just snails who had lost their homes!Anon
- When i was little, (4 or so) i convinced myself that snails only ate apple peels.
I have no idea why.— Terracrafty - My girlfriend believed someone who told her that chewing gum was made from dogs bones!— tony
- I used to believe that invisible giants played with us like I played with my dolls. — Alexandria
- My girlfriend belived that sitcoms were called that because you sat down to watch them.— Zeppy
- We were told that if you played with egg shells you would get worts !— GAJ