I used to believe that shoo fly pie was made of old shoes and dead flys, and I wouldn't eat it.
A childhood belief about sweeties
others believed things like this
- Until I was about 6, I used to believe that flys were raisins with wings.Anon
- My dad told me "Hush Puppie" shoes were made from Basset Hound ears.— William
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- When I was really young I used to think that dead bodies wouldn't start rotting until they were buried.— Katherine
- Until about age 11 i thought that "Hush Puppies" the shoes were made from real puppies!— Laura
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike