I thought that the "olden days" was actually an era so I would always asked my mom if my grandma lived in the olden days and when she said no I would ask if my great grandma did and if she said no again I would keep asking but just adding more and more greats in front of it.
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- I used to think the olden days came once every couple of yearsAnon
- I used to believe that the olden days were black and white when I was about 3 from seing old movies.— Sam
- I used to let go all my balloons so my great grandma would get it in heaven— lissa
- My grandma told me and my sisters that the boogie man lived in her basement and if we cried he would get us.— Paulette
- I once asked my mom if my grandma got wrinkles on her wrinkels when she bathed. Go figure....— Kitty
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon