In singapore we have these drain gratings on the pathways next to roads. On rainy days, my mom used to tell me "Watch out for the gratings, they're slippery". Only i thought that she was calling them "Grey Things" because well, they were grey and i thought she didn't know wat they were actually called..
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that in old times the world was grey (black and white, i got the idea from old movies) — Bryce
- I used to think the song Bette Davis Eyes was called 'she's got better days besides'.— JJ Simpson
- i thought that when you were in the bath you would get sucked down the drain— blake
- My girlfriend belived that sitcoms were called that because you sat down to watch them.— Zeppy
- I used to think that the things you get in your teeth were called feelings.Anon
- I used to believe that the lines on roads were for motorcycles to drive on.— Downes