My friend thought butterfly was actually called a 'flutterby.'
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was in Kindergarten I used to believe that when I grew up i could be a butterfly.Anon
- when i was a kid, I used to think that butterfly shaped pasta could fly and I didn't eat it.— Sabrina in Italy
- I used to believe that beauty marks (freckels) were Butterfly bites!— Jolene
- When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- I used to think Buddy Rich was called Buddy Rich because he was my dad's friend, same with Buddy Holly. Anon