I have to thank my dad for this, I thought that if I didn't get dressed before midday, or go to bed after midnight. I would become a pigliwog! He even made a 'pigiliwog detector' out of k'nex with a flaashing light on the end. I ran a mile when he flashed it at me!!!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think "A.M." and "P.M." meant "After Midnight" and "Post Midday".Anon
- My friend believed that when lightening flashed, you better smile because God was taking your picture! — Linda from Southern California
- I used to believe a mile was the distance between telephone poles.— Allegra
- I thought there was no midnight in military time; instead, it’d be 24:00.— Enrico
- When I was little *I thought that if I dressed in all white I would become invisible.Sadly,I wasn't.XP— Kiki
- i thought that if i dressed in my holly hobby doll's clothes, no one would be able to find me.— pikl