When I was little I put a safety pin in the the screen on my window thinking that if a robber climbed up to get me he would prick his finger on the pin and let go and fall to the ground. When my mother sold the house 27 years later, the pin was still there, the ever faithful guardian of the house.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the moon lived on top of our house because I could always see it from the window.— Classic NYer
- I used to believe that when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- I used to believe that if you opened up an umbrella inside your house that the whole house would fly awayAnon
- My mom used to tell us kids that if you put your arm out of the car window,that it would fall off.— Kathy G.