my brother once told me that the reason coffins were only halfway open was because the lower half of the body was cut off. That had me terrified at my mom's funeral. I was 8.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- When i went to a funeral only a bit of the coffin was open so i thought when u died you turned into a migit.— Andrew
- I used to believe that a funeral organist was the person who collected the body parts of the deadAnon
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- I used to believe that when people died, they flew to heaven in their coffins.— PikachuGirl123
- i used to believe people were put in coffins because they were special cars that could drive you to heaven!— jym
- My mom told me one day that she was going to a funeral. I thought it was a place to buy fruit.— Paulette