I believed that if you left a electric plug socket on the house would catch fire BUT if you rubbed toothpaste into the wall around it, you'd be safe.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- When I was little, I always believed I was safe from the big bad wolf because I lived in a brick house.— Beth
- i used 2 think if u lied your pants would catch on fire cus of the sayin "lier lier pants on fire!"— nell
- when i was little i believed that if you got three speeding tickets that you went to the electric chairAnon
- I believed that I had a fake right big toe, having lost my real one in the plug holder (thanks Helen!)— Mike
- that if i swang high enough on the swing set at my grandmothers house...i could catch a cloud for her.— nicole