When I was a kid my dad told me that in a package of socks there was a right sock and a left sock.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word 'clothes' was the plural for 'clo.' so i'd call a sock or a shirt a clo. — jessimocha
- When I was little, my mom told me that if I slept with socks on they would eat me alive.— Cindy
- My father always told me that if I wore socks to bed I would grow hair inbetween my toes. Anon
- When i was little, i believed that if you slept with socks on, your feet would fall off.Anon
- When I was little, I thought that if I slept with socks on, my toes would grow together.— Laura
- I wouldn't wear stripy socks because I used to believe the stripes dug into your feet— Shirley Reeves