I used to believe that sand was made of ants, because when I stepped on sand for the first time (as I remember)I landed on a trail of ants that bit my toes and legs to numbness. That's why I never knew the joys of sinking your toes in the sand till I was 8 yrs. old, thanks to ants.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that snakes don't have legs cause ants bit them of.— Lulzy
- i used to think salt was made of sand— hibiscus
- I used to believe that Marmite was made of ants...— Tam
- I used to think that the gas meter made antsAnon
- When i was 6 years old i had a dog named Sandy. And i thought she was made of Sand.— Billy Bob Joe
- My daughter believed that as bees made honey, ants must make marmite.— Linda