I always thought wood lice were called cheesybugs as that is what my Mother had told me. I was later totally embarrassed when I was informed that they were in fact wood louse.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- My dad thought robin feet were made out of wood because they look like twigs.— Molly
- I used to believe that pretzals were made of wood.Anon
- I used to believe that pretzels were made from wood....Anon
- I used to believe pretzels were salted wood. — Dan Unknown
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - When I was a kid I used to think that woodpeckers were actually eating the wood when they were pecking it. — Amy