I used to think that women's garters were originally made from skins of garter snakes, and that was how garters got their name.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that old black Bananna skins were dogs lips that had fallen off.— Tracey Cross
- I use to believe that people who wore tuxedos were actually wearing the skins of Penguins. — Keith
- I used to believe that old rotten black banana skins were dogs lips!! — T Cross. Bournemouth
- Eating potatoes with skins on puts hair on your chest— Muddinyori
- I used to think that black and white TV and movies had originally been in color, but had faded with age.
— Beth - I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy