I used to believe that there were elfs in the sewer that picked out all the trash and dirt out of the water to make it clean again.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- I used to believe that elfs lived in the hedge at the bottom of my garden!!
— The milky bargirl - When I was a child, I used to believe that the school attic was full of ghosts and elfs.— Lia
- My 5-year old cousin used to believe the garbagemen were stealing their trash.Anon
- When I was young I want to grow up yo be a trash man, becuse they only work one day a week.— Steve H
- When I was little, I thought you had to put a finger under the water to make it hot. — M_2