When I was a kid I believed that a cow lick was the result of my grandpa carrying his children and grandchildren out to the cow barn where he would allow a cow to lick our heads. Hence why my aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, and I all had the same cow licks.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I believed if I let my dog lick my face and didn't wipe off the slobber, that I would turn into a dog myself.— robyn
- When i was 5, i thought that you could lick your elbow....Anon
- I used to believe that a cow-lick meant that a cow had licked you when you were a baby.— Lindsay
- My mate used to believe that the lids of yoghurt pots were poisonous, and to this day won't ever lick one.Anon
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- i used to believe that cowlicks were like salt licks, only for domesticated animals.Anon