My parents always told us that the witches came out when the sky turned pink in the evening. This was their way of making sure we made it home before dark. (I tell my kids the same thing!)
A childhood belief about witches
others believed things like this
- my Dad told me ice rinks were defrosted every evening and turned into swimming pools— neil
- My mum told my brother that beetroot turned your wee pink. To this day he still won't eat it— Monica
- I used to believe clouds became cotton candy at sunset because they turned pink— amme
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- I used to believe that when the sky was pink, late at the afternoon, the angels made cookies!— Bella
- I thought pink lemonade came from pink lemons.Anon