When i was about 5 years old my parents would say not to drop the flag or well have to burn it soo until i was like nine i used to beleive that if a flag touched the ground it would simeltaniously combust
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- I used to beleive that road signs grew out of the ground.— Tiana
- i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie
- my parents were hippies and I use to beleive that Jerry Garcia was SAnta Clause. — Melissa
- I thought ground beef was the meat they scraped off the ground at the slaughterhouse. Yuck.Anon