i used to believe that when the water goes down a sink & a little ring of silver appears in the plug hole (i now understand it's a reflection!!) that if you were quick enough you could grab it & collect them & be rich!! (i'm still poor!?)
A childhood belief about bathrooms

others believed things like this
- My dad use to tell me that if I swallowed gum it would plug up my bum hole and eventually I would explode,— Carrie
- I used to believe that only 'poor' people had to go to the bathroom, that 'rich' people didn't.Anon
- i always thought I was the reflection and your reflection was a personAnon
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- I used to think Buddy Rich was called Buddy Rich because he was my dad's friend, same with Buddy Holly. Anon
- I thought the Civil War was the Silver War.— Vicki J.