when i was around 8, like every other little kid, it was quite fun making faces just for laughs. it was until my mom told me, 'gaby if you keep on making those faces, the wind is going to blow and you will stay with that face for the rest of your life!' i was dead scared after that and believed all along for some time.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the tree branches moving was making the wind, not the wind making the tree branches move.— Jenny
- If you pull a funny face, the wind will blow and it will get stuck.Anon
- I believed when young that horses with white faces were sick. My dad a great sense of humour— John Cavanagh
- I used to think that a company had boats all over the world making waves, and airplanes making cloudsAnon
- When i was a toddler i sued to believe that if you ate soap you would blow bubbles for the rest of your life.— KEL
- when i was little, i used to think that cars had faces and talked to eachother in the parking lot.— Whitney