i used to think for some strange reason that people had really long noses like a sweeping brush handel and they were called nib nabs
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- when i was little i thought people with big heads or big noses had cancer...Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- Split walnuts... i used to think they were dried pig noses!!— SaMmI LaMy
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to believe when i was about 4 (now 15) that dinosours died because they didn't brush their teeth— gullable
- I used to think that cockroaches would visit your house if you didn't brush your teeth.Anon