I used to think funerals were just some weird kind of party for grown ups and that they didn't really die because there was 'awake' afterwards and they would just open their eyes again and go back to normal!
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I used to believe that grown-ups, mothers in particular really did have eyes in the backs of their heads.Anon
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I used to believe that funerals were a place you went to buy fruit.— Paulette
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy