We used to walk to gradeschool, even in bad weather. It was firmly believed, however, that if you wore galoshes and kept them on all day, you would DIE!
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that beat bobbies wore big helmets so they couldnt fit into patrol cars,so they had to walk!— Tommy B
- I thought weather forecasters were psychic and that's how they knew what the weather would be.Anon
- My great-grandfather firmly believed, and had me convinced, that SPAM was mouse meat. — texasblue
- I used to belief that the Muslim women who wore their garment wore it because they were bald.Anon
- i believed that moles wore davy lamps on their heads so they could see underground— Omi
- I once believed that if I wore my Halloween costume to bed, I'd wake up as the actual thing.— Sarah