I used to believe that if you got a splinter after awhile your whole body would turn into wood.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- .. the knots in wood would turn into dinosaurs. I was petrified of pine cladding.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to believe pretzels were salted wood. — Dan Unknown
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - When I was a kid I used to think that woodpeckers were actually eating the wood when they were pecking it. — Amy